Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1ZqmCy-0000S3-Jh for pgsql-translators@arkaria.postgresql.org; Mon, 26 Oct 2015 18:09:24 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with smtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1ZqmCy-00059r-5e for pgsql-translators@arkaria.postgresql.org; Mon, 26 Oct 2015 18:09:24 +0000 Received: from makus.postgresql.org ([2001:4800:1501:1::229]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1ZqmCw-00055R-Iu; Mon, 26 Oct 2015 18:09:22 +0000 Received: from mail.anarazel.de ([217.115.131.40]) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1ZqmCt-0008CN-Pa; Mon, 26 Oct 2015 18:09:21 +0000 Received: by mail.anarazel.de (Postfix, from userid 108) id 57CFF38D77D; Mon, 26 Oct 2015 19:09:18 +0100 (CET) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on mail X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 Received: from anarazel.de (p5DDC5A96.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [93.220.90.150]) (Authenticated sender: andres@anarazel.de) by mail.anarazel.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 706EE860003; Mon, 26 Oct 2015 19:09:15 +0100 (CET) Received: by anarazel.de (Postfix, from userid 1000) id F056C102F78; Mon, 26 Oct 2015 19:09:14 +0100 (CET) Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2015 19:09:14 +0100 From: Andres Freund To: fortin.christian@videotron.ca Cc: pgsql-translators@postgresql.org, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [HACKERS] UTF-32 support in PostgreSQL ? Message-ID: <20151026180914.GG620@awork2.anarazel.de> References: <7310b292c0558.562afaab@videotron.ca> <7310dc30c2b71.562afae8@videotron.ca> <7390a359c6c9c.562afb25@videotron.ca> <7310a455c4445.562ac2f1@videotron.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <7310a455c4445.562ac2f1@videotron.ca> X-Pg-Spam-Score: -4.2 (----) List-Archive: List-Help: List-ID: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Mailing-List: pgsql-translators Precedence: bulk Sender: pgsql-translators-owner@postgresql.org On 2015-10-23 23:29:53 -0400, fortin.christian@videotron.ca wrote: > Is PostgreSQL support UNICODE UTF-32 characters ? No. > If not, I think it's a must to be internationnal. Why? I think Unicode support is a must, but I don't see why utf-32 support is. Postgres supports UTF-8, and I haven't heard any convincing arguments why that's not sufficient. Andres -- Sent via pgsql-translators mailing list (pgsql-translators@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-translators