pgsql@mohawksoft.com wrote:
>Is it me or has the default locale of created databases change at some point?
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>Currently, on Linux, if one does not specify a locale, the locale is taken
>from the system environment and it is not "C."
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>While I can both sides of a discussion, I think that choosing a "locale"
>without one being specified is a bad idea, even if it is the locale of the
>machine. The reason why it is a bad idea is that certain features of the
>database which only work correctly with a locale of "C" will not work by
>default.
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This is not new behaviour.
(Why are you the only person who posts here who is nameless?)
cheers
andrew