Re: locale

I said:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
>> I was asking why we can't set it to a new static value when we create
>> the database.

> Because that would corrupt indexes on shared tables.  (It might be
> possible to finesse that, but it's not a no-brainer.)

And even more to the point, it would corrupt non-shared indexes
inherited from template1.  This could not be finessed --- AFAICS you'd
need to do the equivalent of a REINDEX in the new database to make it
work.
        regards, tom lane