Re: SQL_ASCII vs. 7-bit ASCII encodings

Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, 12. Mai 2005 04:42 schrieb Oliver Jowett:
> 
>>I suppose that we can't change the semantics of SQL_ASCII without
>>backwards compatibility problems. I wonder if introducing a new encoding
>>that only allows 7-bit ascii, and making that the default, is the way to
>>go.
> 
> 
> In 8.0, the de facto default encoding is no longer SQL_ASCII, so that problem 
> should go away over time.

My 8.0.0 (what I happen to have on hand) initdb creates a SQL_ASCII
cluster by default unless I specify -E.

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

Why is that?

-O