Do any of the encodings with encoding max length > 1 have a constant character size (e.g. unicode?). If so, how hard would it be to add another member to pg_wchar_tbl, say:
bool mblen_is_const; /* all chars = max bytes this charset */ Then those character sets code gain back much of the same speed advantages as single byte character sets when it comes to string processing. Joe ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])