
> DBMS should be independent from the OS settings as far as
> possible especially in the handling of data. Currently we
> could hardly judge if we are running on a locale or not from
> the dbms POV and it doesn't seem a dbms kind of thing in the
> first place. I'm a dbms guy not an OS guy and really dislike
> the requirement for users to export LC_ALL=C. 

Yup, I can second that.
Also note, that currently a locale aware index might get corrupted if 
you do an OS upgrade (that changes the collation: e.g. add the ?
symbol). 
I sortof think, that pg locale support is not yet up to prime time. 
If we had something that conformed to the Spec (per column lang and 
collation), then yes I would make it mainstream, but as is ?

Andreas

Wed, 22 Aug 2001 11:13:20 +0200
"Zeugswetter Andreas SB SD" <ZeugswetterA@spardat.at>
RE: Locale by default?