On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 11:09:53PM +0200, Tomi NA wrote:
> 2006/10/12, Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org>:
> >On Tue, Oct 10, 2006 at 11:49:06AM +0300, Martins Mihailovs wrote:
> >> There are some misunderstood. Im using Linux 2.6.16.4, postgresql 8.1.4,
> >> (there are one of locale: lv_LV.utf8, for Latvian language). But if I
> >> want do "lower", then with standard latin symbols all is ok, but with
> >> others special symbols (like umlaut in Germany) there is problems, and
> >> sorting is going not like alphabet but like latin alphabet and specials
> >> symbols after. :(
> >
> >You don't say what your encoding is. If it not UTF-8, that's your
> >problem...
>
> Doesn't lv_LV.utf8 mean he *did* say what his encoding is?
Not really. It says the encoding the system *expects*. However, if he
actually created his database with LATIN1 encoding, it would explain
the problems he's having.
Have a nice day,
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Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org> http://svana.org/kleptog/
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