Hi Tom lane How can I get in deep about locale and encoding? Please advise url or resource! thanks for your kindness tina ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Lane" <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <ttina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2005 1:48 PM Subject: Re: problem with thai language > <ttina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > I use postgresql7.2 / redhat8 > > I try "select 'X1'='X2' ;" and X1=(D button) in thai language, = > > X2=(8 button) in thai language > > result is true .This is wrong result!. > > We've seen a lot of reports of bizarre behavior when you select a > database encoding that does not match the character set implied by > the locale setting you're using. Apparently strcoll() on many platforms > goes nuts when handed input that is not legally encoded according to > what it thinks the character set is. > > In short: check your locale and your encoding. > > regards, tom lane > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq