Re: WIN1252 vs UTF8 database encoding

On 5/4/22 14:51, JORGE MALDONADO wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am currently working with a PostgreSQL database created with *WIN1252
> *encoding because the data will be in Spanish language. So, both
> *Collation* and *Character type* are set to *Spanish_Mexico.1252*
>
> After reading a bit more about encoding, it seems to me that I can use
> *UTF8* encoding so characters for all languages are available and keep
> *Collation* and *Character type* as *Spanish_Mexico.1252*. I guess that
> using *UTF8* as the encoding method will keep databases more general. I
> think that using *WIN1252* for encoding is restrictive.
>
> Does it make sense?

Yes:

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/multibyte.html

"On Windows, however, UTF-8 encoding can be used with any locale."

>
> Regards,
> Jorge Maldonado

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