Andrew Dunstan wrote: > > Actually, I am working on this as part of the fixes for invalid encoding > stuff, as recently discussed.
OK, I have moved the item into the 8.3 queue. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > cheers > > andrew > > Bruce Momjian wrote: > > This has been saved for the 8.4 release: > > > > http://momjian.postgresql.org/cgi-bin/pgpatches_hold > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Alvaro Herrera wrote: > > > >> Decibel! wrote: > >> > >>> Moving to -hackers. > >>> > >>> On Jul 27, 2007, at 1:22 PM, Stuart wrote: > >>> > >>>> Does Postgresql have a function like ascii() that will > >>>> return the unicode codepoint value for a utf8 character? > >>>> (And symmetrically same for question chr() of course). > >>>> > >>> I suspect that this is just a matter of no one scratching the itch. I > >>> suspect a patch would be accepted, or you could possibly put something on > >>> pgFoundry. > >>> > >> Nay; there were some discussions about this not long ago, and I think > >> one conclusion you could draw from them is that many people want these > >> functions in the backend. > >> > >> > >>> I'd set it up so that ascii() and chr() act according to the > >>> appropriate locale setting (I'm not sure which one would be appropriate). > >>> > >> I don't see why any of them would react to the locale, but they surely > >> must honor client encoding. > >> > >> -- > >> Alvaro Herrera > >> http://www.PlanetPostgreSQL.org/ > >> "I dream about dreams about dreams", sang the nightingale > >> under the pale moon (Sandman) > >> > >> ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > >> TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate > >> subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your > >> message can get through to the mailing list cleanly > >> > > > > -- Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings