Re: WIN32_CONSOLE usage

Christoph Dalitz writes:

>  a) Write documentation how the win32 console needs to be set up so that
>     psql can handle 8-bit characters.
>     Where should it be added? The Section "Installation on Windows" in the
>     Administrator's Guide seems natural to me.

Sure.

>  b) Add code to psql that prints a warning on startup of psql when the
>     console codepage differs from the windows codepage, something like
>
>     Warning: Console codepage (850) differs from windows codepage (1252)
>              8-bit characters will not work correctly. See PostgreSQL
>              documentation "Installation on Windows" for details.

If you can detect that they are different, why can't you adjust the code
page in that case only?

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Peter Eisentraut   peter_e@gmx.net