> Hi!
>
> Debugging CORE-4213, I found that ALTER DOMAIN uses the default database
> charset.
>
> -- Database default charset is WIN1252.
>
> -- OK: Domain is created with WIN1252.
> create domain d as varchar(10);
>
> -- OK: Charset of domain is changed.
> alter domain d type varchar(10) character set utf8;
>
> -- Not OK: Charset of domain is changed to WIN1252 (NONE if there is no
> default charset)
> alter domain d type varchar(10);
>
> IMO, this is error prone. When one is altering the column length, it's
> easy to miss the charset and change it without knowing.
>
> Comments?
I agree with you - if character set is not specified at statement it should
be left as is.
Regards,
Vlad
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