Re: get rid of SQL_ASCII?

On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 7:47 AM, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> wrote:
> Can we consider getting rid of the SQL_ASCII server-side "encoding"?  I
> don't see any good use for it, and it's often a support annoyance, and
> it leaves warts all over the code.  This would presumably be a
> multi-release effort.
>
> As a first step in accommodating users who have existing SQL_ASCII
> databases, we could change SQL_ASCII into a real encoding with
> conversion routines to all other encodings that only convert 7-bit ASCII
> characters.  That way, users who use SQL_ASCII as real ASCII or don't
> care could continue to use it.  Others would be forced to either set
> SQL_ASCII as the client encoding or adjust the encoding on the server.
>
> On the client side, the default libpq client "encoding" SQL_ASCII would
> be renamed to something like SAME or whatever, so the behavior would
> stay the same.
>
> Other ideas?  Are there legitimate uses for SQL_ASCII?

performance?

merlin