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Re: [WIP] patch - Collation at database level

Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>

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From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Zdenek Kotala <Zdenek.Kotala@Sun.COM>, Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org>, Gregory Stark <stark@enterprisedb.com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>, Radek Strnad <radek.strnad@gmail.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2008-07-08T14:54:28Z
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Tom Lane wrote:
>
> All the argument here is based on the premise that we should have
> database-level collation specifications, which AFAICS is not required
> nor suggested by the SQL spec.  I wonder why we are allowing a
> nonstandard half-measure to drive our thinking, rather than solving the
> real problem which is column-level collations.
>
>
>   

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.

cheers

andrew