On Mon, 2025-02-24 at 13:07 +0100, Matthias Apitz wrote: > Thanks. I did \l before which gives: > > List of databases > Name | Owner | Encoding | Collate | Ctype | ICU Locale | Locale Provider | Access privileges > ------------+----------+----------+-------------+-------------+------------+-----------------+----------------------- > bar | foo | UTF8 | de_DE.UTF-8 | de_DE.UTF-8 | | libc | > customers | sisis | UTF8 | de_DE.UTF-8 | de_DE.UTF-8 | | libc | > ... > > But why the ALTER statement needs the spelling different as the output of \l : > > sisis=# ALTER COLLATION "de_DE.UTF-8" REFRESH VERSION; > ERROR: collation "de_DE.UTF-8" for encoding "UTF8" does not exist > > sisis=# ALTER COLLATION "de_DE.utf8" REFRESH VERSION; > NOTICE: version has not changed > ALTER COLLATION Yes, that is annoying. You can use other collation names in CREATE DATABASE than the ones in pg_collation. You have to choose the name that is used in pg_collation, which is probably "de_DE.utf8". Really, they refer to the same collation. Yours, Laurenz Albe -- *E-Mail Disclaimer* Der Inhalt dieser E-Mail ist ausschliesslich fuer den bezeichneten Adressaten bestimmt. Wenn Sie nicht der vorgesehene Adressat dieser E-Mail oder dessen Vertreter sein sollten, so beachten Sie bitte, dass jede Form der Kenntnisnahme, Veroeffentlichung, Vervielfaeltigung oder Weitergabe des Inhalts dieser E-Mail unzulaessig ist. Wir bitten Sie, sich in diesem Fall mit dem Absender der E-Mail in Verbindung zu setzen. *CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE & DISCLAIMER *This message and any attachment are confidential and may be privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure and solely for the use of the person(s) or entity to whom it is intended. If you have received this message in error and are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message and any attachment from your system. If you are not the intended recipient, be advised that any use of this message is prohibited and may be unlawful, and you must not copy this message or attachment or disclose the contents to any other person.
