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Minor improvements to locale documentation.

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Tom Lane 2005-04-16 16:50:01 +00:00
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<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/charset.sgml,v 2.71 2005/03/17 00:22:24 neilc Exp $ -->
<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/charset.sgml,v 2.72 2005/04/16 16:50:01 tgl Exp $ -->
<chapter id="charset">
<title>Localization</>
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linkend="runtime-config-client-format"> for details). The defaults that are
chosen by <command>initdb</command> are actually only written into
the configuration file <filename>postgresql.conf</filename> to
serve as defaults when the server is started. If you delete the
serve as defaults when the server is started. If you delete these
assignments from <filename>postgresql.conf</filename> then the
server will inherit the settings from the execution environment.
server will inherit the settings from its execution environment.
</para>
<para>
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<title>Behavior</>
<para>
Locale support influences the following features:
The locale settings influence the following SQL features:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Sort order in queries using <literal>ORDER BY</>
Sort order in queries using <literal>ORDER BY</> on textual data
<indexterm><primary>ORDER BY</><secondary>and locales</></indexterm>
</para>
</listitem>
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</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
The <function>upper</>, <function>lower</>, and <function>initcap</>
functions
<indexterm><primary>upper</><secondary>and locales</></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>lower</><secondary>and locales</></indexterm>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
The <function>to_char</> family of functions
<indexterm><primary>to_char</><secondary>and locales</></indexterm>
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
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allows you to store text in a variety of character sets, including
single-byte character sets such as the ISO 8859 series and
multiple-byte character sets such as <acronym>EUC</> (Extended Unix
Code), UTF8, and Mule internal code. All character sets can be
Code), UTF-8, and Mule internal code. All character sets can be
used transparently throughout the server. (If you use extension
functions from other sources, it depends on whether they wrote
their code correctly.) The default character set is selected while
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can use <option>--encoding</option> instead of
<option>-E</option> if you prefer to type longer option strings.
If no <option>-E</> or <option>--encoding</option> option is
given, <literal>SQL_ASCII</> is used.
given, <command>initdb</> attempts to determine the appropriate
encoding to use based on the specified or default locale.
</para>
<para>