>> Just a quick comment on this. Yes, pgAdmin always added a BOM in every >> SQL files it wrote. > > From > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2223882/whats-different-between-utf-8-and-utf-8-without-bom: > > According to the Unicode standard, the BOM for UTF-8 files is not recommended: > > 2.6 Encoding Schemes > > ... Use of a BOM is neither required nor recommended for UTF-8, but may be > encountered in contexts where UTF-8 data is converted from other encoding > forms that use a BOM or where the BOM is used as a UTF-8 signature. See the > “Byte Order Mark” subsection in Section 16.8, Specials, for more information.
Right. I think unconditionally adding BOM to a file is evil. Best regards, -- Tatsuo Ishii SRA OSS, Inc. Japan English: http://www.sraoss.co.jp/index_en.php Japanese: http://www.sraoss.co.jp -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
