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Re: [WIP] patch - Collation at database level

Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org>

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From: Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Zdenek Kotala <Zdenek.Kotala@Sun.COM>, Gregory Stark <stark@enterprisedb.com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>, Radek Strnad <radek.strnad@gmail.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2008-07-08T15:02:51Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On Tue, Jul 08, 2008 at 10:54:28AM -0400, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> Agreed. Are we even sure that we want per-database collations as a 
> half-way house? Unless we can be sure that we want all the required 
> catalog changes for the full requirement, it seems to me a rather messy 
> way of getting to where we want to go.

Given that the current projected timeframe for full COLLATE support is
something like 2-3 major releases, I don't really see the problem with
doing this now. Who knows, it might prompt people to do something
sooner.

Have a nice day,
-- 
Martijn van Oosterhout   <kleptog@svana.org>   http://svana.org/kleptog/
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