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From: Craig Ringer <ringerc@ringerc.id.au>
To: Mridul Mathew <mridulmathew@gmail.com>
Cc: rajeshwarbharathi@gmail.com
Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: FW: Character set equivalent for AL32UTF8
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 21:55:44 +0800
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On 10/08/2011 4:07 PM, Mridul Mathew wrote:

> Does PostgreSQL make a distinction within Unicode in a similar fashion?

No.

> We have not tested our Oracle al32utf8 databases on PostgreSQL, but
> while creating databases in PostgreSQL, we see UTF8 as an option, but
> not al32.

al32utf8 is Oracle specific and doesn't seem to be defined anywhere else.

What _application_ _level_ impact does this have for you? What changes 
do your apps expect to see in their use of or communication with the 
database?

I strongly suggest that you _test_ this in Pg and see.

--
Craig Ringer



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