Re: pg_dump/restore encoding woes

From: Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnakangas(at)vmware(dot)com>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pg_dump/restore encoding woes
Date: 2013-08-27 15:14:24
Message-ID: 521CC250.6040101@vmware.com
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On 27.08.2013 18:03, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>
> On 08/27/2013 10:36 AM, Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
>> 0001-Divorce-pg_dump-E-option-from-PGCLIENTENCODING.patch
>>
>> Separates pg_dump -E from PGCLIENTENCODING.
>
> Wouldn't it be better to do this another way? Separating these two will
> be confusing, to say the least, as well as inconsistent with what os
> done elsewhere.

What would it be inconsistent with? There is no -E option in other
client tools, pg_dump is unique in that. initdb does have a -E option,
but that *is* separate from PGCLIENTENCODING, so if anything the current
situation is inconsistent.

> Why not provide a new option that specifically allows a
> client encoding that only applies during the query phase?

Well, that would be different from all the other client programs. And
doesn't seem any less confusing to me.

- Heikki

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