| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Thomas Kellerer <spam_eater(at)gmx(dot)net> |
| Cc: | pgsql-hackers-win32(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: locales and encodings on Windows |
| Date: | 2004-12-22 17:21:47 |
| Message-ID: | 5149.1103736107@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Thomas Kellerer <spam_eater(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> Magnus Hagander wrote on 22.12.2004 13:14:
>>> [about PG not supporting Unicode on Windows]
>>
>> PostgreSQL uses the OS functinos to do locale handling. The other
>> databases usually implement their own (or use a library that does it,
>> but they do not rely on the OS)
> Being a developer myself I can understand this reason, but in the PG
> context I'm a User I not having Unicode support is my eyes a very big
> deficiency which gives the whole Win32 a semi-professional "touch".
> Unicode is something very important and I do hope this will be solved in on
> of the next releases.
[ shrug... ] It can't be too important to Windows users, since their
platform doesn't support it.
regards, tom lane
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