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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: James Zhou <james@360data.ca>
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Subject: Re: How well does PostgreSQL 9.6.1 support unicode?
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James Zhou <james@360data.ca> writes:
> The format U&'\03B1' only works for chars between 0000 - FFFF

Kyotaro-san already pointed you to the right answer on that:
you have to use "\+nnnnnn" for six-digit code points in the U&
string syntax.

			regards, tom lane


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