Re: Multi-byte character bug

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgsql-bugs-owner@postgresql.org
> [mailto:pgsql-bugs-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Tatsuo Ishii
> Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 1:18 PM
> To: richso@i-cable.com
> Cc: pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [BUGS] Multi-byte character bug
>
>
> > By Chinese here, I mean BIG5 encoding character which is a
> widely used
> > encoding in HK and Taiwan.
>
> Ok. PostgreSQL does support BIG5 in the *frontend* side.
>
> > I've done a new check on it, I found JDBC and ODBC driver
> still report
> > the error message but psql do not (may be as you said, I've done a
> > wrong procedure).  However, the problem still there: why
> JDBC and ODBC
> > still report the error ?
>
> psql works but JDBC and ODBC does not? The fact that psql is
> working tell us that at least BIG5<-->EUC_TW works fine. It
> seems something wrong with JDBC and ODBC settings.
> Unfortunately I'm not a Java or ODBC expert at all. Sorry...
>

Ok ! I will post to the jdbc and odbc thread for help !


> > The character code is 0xc05c, in which the second byte is
> actually a
> > "\"
> > (back-slash)
> > (pls see the attached file: offence2.zip)
>
> There's no character code in EUC_TW (CNS 11643-1992)
> corresponding to Big5 0xc05c. That's why PostgreSQL complains.


But I've created another db using MULE_INTERNAL encoding, the same error
reported, why ?
Why don't Postgres directly support BIG5 in server side as BIG5 is the
main encoding using for Traditional Chinese communities, i.e. HK &
Taiwan ?  As EUC_TW do not have complete correspondings char in BIG5,
this will seriously prevent the Traditional Chinese communities for
using Postgresql !


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