Re: Proposal: CREATE CONVERSION

Tatsuo Ishii <t-ishii@sra.co.jp> writes:
> Syntax proposal:
> CREATE CONVERSION <conversion name>
>        SOURCE <source encoding name>
>        DESTINATION <destination encoding name>
>        FROM <conversion function name>

Doesn't a conversion currently require several support functions?
How much overhead will you be adding to funnel them all through
one function?

Basically I'd like to see a spec for the API of the conversion
function...

Also, is there anything in SQL99 that we ought to try to be
compatible with?
        regards, tom lane