Обсуждение: [GENERAL] How to add new Collation language
How can I add a collation language to a Postgres server?
Specifically, I want to create a new database with collation of English_United Kingdom.1252 but the only options are C, Posix and United States.
Even if I select United Kingdom as the locale when installing Postgres I still only have United States.
Am I missing something or is there a way to add the United Kingdom collation?
This is Postgres 9.6 on Windows server 2012. The server is Swedish, and my user login is set to UK.
On Thu, 2017-09-14 at 11:30 +0000, Rob Northcott wrote: > How can I add a collation language to a Postgres server? > Specifically, I want to create a new database with collation of > English_United Kingdom.1252 but the only options are C, Posix and > United States. > Even if I select United Kingdom as the locale when installing > Postgres I still only have United States. > > Am I missing something or is there a way to add the United Kingdom > collation? > > This is Postgres 9.6 on Windows server 2012. The server is Swedish, > and my user login is set to UK. Hello, initdb --locale=en_GB.UTF-8 . . . plus other init options as required. HTH, Rob -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
-----Original Message----- From: rob stone [mailto:floriparob@gmail.com] Sent: 14 September 2017 13:38 To: Rob Northcott <Rob.Northcott@compilator.com>; pgsql-general@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [GENERAL] How to add new Collation language On Thu, 2017-09-14 at 11:30 +0000, Rob Northcott wrote: > How can I add a collation language to a Postgres server? > Specifically, I want to create a new database with collation of > English_United Kingdom.1252 but the only options are C, Posix and > United States. > Even if I select United Kingdom as the locale when installing Postgres > I still only have United States. > > Am I missing something or is there a way to add the United Kingdom > collation? > > This is Postgres 9.6 on Windows server 2012. The server is Swedish, > and my user login is set to UK. >>Hello, >>initdb --locale=en_GB.UTF-8 . . . plus other init options as required. Thanks for the reply. When I try that I get the message "invalid locale name" Rob -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
Rob Northcott <Rob.Northcott@compilator.com> writes:
> From: rob stone [mailto:floriparob@gmail.com]
>> On Thu, 2017-09-14 at 11:30 +0000, Rob Northcott wrote:
>>> How can I add a collation language to a Postgres server?
>>> Specifically, I want to create a new database with collation of
>>> English_United Kingdom.1252 but the only options are C, Posix and
>>> United States.
>>> This is Postgres 9.6 on Windows server 2012. The server is Swedish,
>>> and my user login is set to UK.
>> initdb --locale=en_GB.UTF-8 . . . plus other init options as required.
> Thanks for the reply. When I try that I get the message "invalid locale name"
en_GB.UTF-8 is a Unix-style locale name, it won't help you on Windows.
You need something like "English_United Kingdom.1252" on Windows.
I'm not sure what you mean by "the only options are" ... are you using
some GUI that only offers those options? If so, this is a shortcoming
in that GUI. Postgres itself should take whatever ctype/collation
settings the underlying system accepts. You could try manually invoking
initdb as above, but with a Windows-style locale name. Or if you want
to make a new database within an existing installation, use CREATE
DATABASE directly, setting the LC_COLLATE and LC_CTYPE options
(and selecting a matching ENCODING).
regards, tom lane
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-----Original Message----- From: Tom Lane [mailto:tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us] Sent: 14 September 2017 14:53 To: Rob Northcott <Rob.Northcott@compilator.com> Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [GENERAL] How to add new Collation language Rob Northcott <Rob.Northcott@compilator.com> writes: > From: rob stone [mailto:floriparob@gmail.com] >> On Thu, 2017-09-14 at 11:30 +0000, Rob Northcott wrote: >>> How can I add a collation language to a Postgres server? >>> Specifically, I want to create a new database with collation of >>> English_United Kingdom.1252 but the only options are C, Posix and >>> United States. >>> This is Postgres 9.6 on Windows server 2012. The server is Swedish, >>> and my user login is set to UK. >> initdb --locale=en_GB.UTF-8 . . . plus other init options as required. > Thanks for the reply. When I try that I get the message "invalid locale name" >>en_GB.UTF-8 is a Unix-style locale name, it won't help you on Windows. >>You need something like "English_United Kingdom.1252" on Windows. >>I'm not sure what you mean by "the only options are" ... are you using some GUI that >>only offers those options? If so,this is a shortcoming in that GUI. Postgres itself >>should take whatever ctype/collation settings the underlying systemaccepts. You >>could try manually invoking initdb as above, but with a Windows-style locale name. >>Or if you wantto make a new database within an existing installation, use CREATE >>DATABASE directly, setting the LC_COLLATE and LC_CTYPEoptions (and selecting a >>matching ENCODING). >> regards, tom lane Thanks Tom, using initdb to create a new data directory (cluster?) worked, using "English_United..." rather than en_GB asyou suggested. I've never had to do that before - always just used the default Postgres installation and selected "English United Kingdom"during the install. That didn't seem to work on this server - it insisted on being United States. Anyway, learninghow to use the command line is no bad thing. Thanks for your help. Rob -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general