Re: BUG #4319: lower()/upper() does not know about UNICODE case mapping

On Jul 21, 4:32=A0pm, alvhe...@commandprompt.com (Alvaro Herrera) wrote:
> Valentine Gogichashvili escribi=F3:
>
> > On 8.2.3 database with LC_CTYPE set to en_EN, lower() function is actua=
lly
> > corrupting UTF8 data, lowering UTF8 control bytes... I did have a chanc=
e to
> > check if how it works on the 8.3 as I do not have any db instance with =
the
> > LC_CTYPE set to en_EN.
>
> I don't know about Unicode case mapping, but en_EN is not a UTF8 locale
> which is why it's corrupting the data. =A0Try en_EN.utf8 instead.
>
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Why Postgres allows creating UNICODE database with the locale, that
can possibly corrupt my data?