On Wed, Apr 16, 2025 at 12:34:29PM +1200, Thomas Munro wrote:
> [...]. Non-UTF-8 text does seem to be almost extinct in the
> wild now... *except* on Windows. I think/hope that will eventually
Sigh, yes.
> change too, you can see it starting... [...]
Yes, MSFT devs seem keen to push the UTF-8 codepage, which is a most
welcome development.
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I replied.
What I might consider is to require that all new PG DBs must run in
UTF-8 locales and/or codepages only, and provide a migration tool for
existing DBs while not breaking them.
Nico
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