Re: SQL_ASCII vs. 7-bit ASCII encodings

Am Donnerstag, 12. Mai 2005 14:57 schrieb Oliver Jowett:
> My 8.0.0 (what I happen to have on hand) initdb creates a SQL_ASCII
> cluster by default unless I specify -E.

Then you use the locale C.  We could create a 7-bit encoding and map it to 
locale C, I suppose.

> >  Certainly, making 7-bit ASCII the default encoding
> > is not an option.
>
> Why is that?

That would cripple a system that many users are perfectly content with now.  I 
compare this to the occasional requests to make pg_hba.conf reject everyone 
by default.  We have to err a little on the side of usablity.  Anyway, the 
issue here is the mismatch between the C locale and the SQL_ASCII encoding.  
The solution is to fix that mismatch, not cripple the entire system.

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Peter Eisentraut
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