Re: Foreign character struggles

On Fri, Oct 25, 2002 at 10:37:59AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> 
> I think this is a locale issue, not a character set issue.  You
> definitely need --enable-locale, but I doubt you need either of the
> above (unless you need to deal with Unicode or Far-Eastern languages).

Where is the procedure for working with i18n'd characters described in the
documentation? I'm looking for something that mentions the specifics of
locale interaction and all that. 

I ask because the sort of question Tim asked is a recurrent one in a 
portuguese PostgreSQL mailing list I subscribe to.

Thanks,

-Roberto

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