Re: [WIP] patch - Collation at database level

From: Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Zdenek Kotala <Zdenek(dot)Kotala(at)Sun(dot)COM>, Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Radek Strnad <radek(dot)strnad(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [WIP] patch - Collation at database level
Date: 2008-07-08 15:02:51
Message-ID: 20080708150251.GL16671@svana.org
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On Tue, Jul 08, 2008 at 10:54:28AM -0400, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> Agreed. Are we even sure that we want per-database collations as a
> half-way house? Unless we can be sure that we want all the required
> catalog changes for the full requirement, it seems to me a rather messy
> way of getting to where we want to go.

Given that the current projected timeframe for full COLLATE support is
something like 2-3 major releases, I don't really see the problem with
doing this now. Who knows, it might prompt people to do something
sooner.

Have a nice day,
--
Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org> http://svana.org/kleptog/
> Please line up in a tree and maintain the heap invariant while
> boarding. Thank you for flying nlogn airlines.

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