(2011/04/20 15:30), Heikki Linnakangas wrote: > On 20.04.2011 06:48, Hiroshi Inoue wrote: >> I can find no concrete reference to problems about locale >> names containing dots. Is the following an example? > > Yes. > >> In my environment (Windows Vista using VC8) >> >> setlocale(LC_XXXX, "Chinese (Traditional)_MCO.950"); >> works and >> setlocale(LC_XXXX, NULL); >> returns >> Chinese (Traditional)_Macao S.A.R..950 > > Interesting. According to Microsoft's documentation, the codes are > three-letter country codes specified by ISO-3166 > (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cdax410z%28v=VS.100%29.aspx). > However, according to Wikipedia, MCO stands for Monaco, not Macau > (https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-3).
Hmm Windows locale system seems to have an inconsistency and the same country code (MCO) corresponds to different countries. ZHM_MCO corresponds to Chinese (Traditional)_Macao S.A.R..950 whereas FRM_MCO corresponds to French_Principality of Monaco. regards, Hiroshi Inoue -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
