Re: [HACKERS] Re: [PATCHES] char/varchar locale support

Mattias Kregert <matti@algonet.se>

From: Mattias Kregert <matti@algonet.se>
To: phd2@earthling.net
Cc: Postgres Hackers List <hackers@postgreSQL.org>, oleg@sai.msu.su
Date: 1998-05-18T10:11:55Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Oleg Broytmann wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> 
> On Fri, 15 May 1998, Thomas G. Lockhart wrote:
> > Another possibility for implementation is to write a string comparison
> > routine (e.g. varlena_cmp()) which takes two arguments and returns -1,
> > 0, or 1 for less than, equals, and greater than. All of the comparison
> > routines can call that one (which would have the #if USE_LOCALE), rather
> > than having USE_LOCALE spread through each comparison routine.
> 
>    Yes, I thinked about this recently. It seems the best solution, perhaps.
>    Thank you. I'll continue my work.
> 
> Oleg.
> ----
>   Oleg Broytmann     http://members.tripod.com/~phd2/     phd2@earthling.net
>            Programmers don't die, they just GOSUB without RETURN.


Shouldn't this be done only for NATIONAL CHAR?

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