Re: [18] Policy on IMMUTABLE functions and Unicode updates

On Tue, Jul 23, 2024 at 8:32 AM Jeremy Schneider
<schneider@ardentperf.com> wrote:
> Other RDBMS are very careful not to corrupt databases, afaik including function based indexes, by changing Unicode.
I’mnot aware of any other RDBMS that updates Unicode versions in place; instead they support multiple Unicode versions
anddo not drop the old ones. 
>
> See also:
> https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/E8754F74-C65F-4A1A-826F-FD9F37599A2E%40ardentperf.com

Hmm. I think we might have some unique problems due to the fact that
we rely partly on the operating system behavior, partly on libicu, and
partly on our own internal tables.

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Robert Haas
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