Re: BUG #1775: UTF8 to ISO does not convert the german "sharp s" (ß)

Magnus Hagander Wrote:
> > > PostgreSQL 8.0 does not support UTF8 on Win32. You will need to=20
> > > convert the file before you load it into the database -=20
> look at for=20
> > > example the GNU iconv program to do this.
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> > PostgreSQL does not support UTF8 locales on Windows, but=20
> the character=20
> > conversion should work the same on all platforms, shouldn't it?
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> I thought that was also handled in the locale code. But now=20
> that you say it, it's probably not - it should be the same.
> I'll withdraw my comment then, clearly wrong. Thanks for=20
> clearing that up.

Currently, it is very much so handled by the systems locale support,
hence it is handled differently depending on platform.

ICU support should make it to 8.1 I hear, which will make the bahaviour
uniform.

... John

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