> Hiroshi Inoue writes:
>
> > I would object even if there's such a way.
> > People in Japan have hardly noticed that the strange
> > behabior is due to the strange locale(LC_COLLATE).
>
> I don't think we should design our systems in a way that inconveniences
> many users because some users are using broken operating systems. If
I don't understand why you object the idea giving PostgreSQL the
ability to turn off the locale support in configuration/compile
time. In that way, there's no inconveniences for "many users".
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Tatsuo Ishii