Re: [GENERAL] Language support of postgresql

2017-05-02 Thread John R Pierce
On 5/2/2017 11:41 AM, Tom Lane wrote: John R Pierce writes: I thought Postgres supported client_encodings of BIG5, GB18030, and GBK, all of which can be stored in the server using either UTF8 or MULE_INTERNAL (MultiLingual EMACS) encodings for internal storage ? Hm, there's MULE<=>BIG5 convert

Re: [GENERAL] Language support of postgresql

2017-05-02 Thread Tom Lane
John R Pierce writes: > I thought Postgres supported client_encodings of BIG5, GB18030, and GBK, > all of which can be stored in the server using either UTF8 or > MULE_INTERNAL (MultiLingual EMACS) encodings for internal storage ? Hm, there's MULE<=>BIG5 converters but I don't see any for GBK o

Re: [GENERAL] Language support of postgresql

2017-05-02 Thread Tom Lane
"Martel, Hong" writes: > As I understand, currently Postgres doesn$B!G(Bt support Chinese encoding > GBK and BIG5 on both server and client side, only UNICODE. Is it true? Are > there any plans for postgresql team to implement GBK and BIG5 encoding > anytime soon? Yes, and no. There's bas

Re: [GENERAL] Language support of postgresql

2017-05-02 Thread John R Pierce
On 4/28/2017 7:45 AM, Martel, Hong wrote: As I understand, currently Postgres doesn’t support Chinese encoding GBK and BIG5 on both server and client side, only UNICODE. Is it true? Are there any plans for postgresql team to implement GBK and BIG5 encoding anytime soon? Are there any alte

Re: [GENERAL] Language support of postgresql

2017-05-02 Thread Martel, Hong
Hi, As I understand, currently Postgres doesn’t support Chinese encoding GBK and BIG5 on both server and client side, only UNICODE. Is it true? Are there any plans for postgresql team to implement GBK and BIG5 encoding anytime soon? Are there any alternative solutions for this besides switchi