Re: UTF-8 to ASCII

for convert my DB, i use this process:


createdb -T "old_DB" "copy_old_DB"
dropdb "old_DB"
createdb -E LATIN1 -T "copy_old_DB" "new_DB_name"

maybe this process will help you.

regards

Jérôme LEGEAY

Le 14:13 11/05/2007, vous avez écrit:
>I have a doubt about the function to_ascii() and what the documentation says.
>
>Basically, I passed my DB from latin1 to UTF-8, and I started getting an
>error when using the to_ascii() function on a field of one of my DB [1]:
>
>ERROR:  la conversión de codificación de UTF8 a ASCII no está soportada
>
>OK, it's in spanish, but basically it says that the conversion UTF8 to
>ASCII is not supported, but in the documentation [2] I see this in the
>"Table 9-7. Built-in Conversions":
>
>utf8_to_ascii   UTF8    SQL_ASCII
>
>Is the documentation wrong or something?
>
>I'm on postgresql-8.1.8, and as you can see, I'm checking the
>corresponding documentation.
>
>[1]: This I already solved using convert() to pass from UTF to Latin1, and
>after that I do a to_ascii().
>[2]:
>http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/functions-string.html#FTN.AEN7625
>
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