Quoting Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Mike Nolan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > However, I think RH always sets the LANG environmental variable, so > > that's going to be picked up by initdb, which means that the C locale > > will NOT be used unless specifically asked for. Other OS packages may > > also force the choice of a default LANG value. > > Yeah. There have been some discussions on pgsql-hackers about > defaulting to C locale instead of honoring LANG, but we haven't done > anything. > > > Dumb question of the hour: How does one find out what locale a > > DB is initialized in? > > In 7.4, you can just "show lc_collate". In prior versions you need > to use pg_controldata to see what's stored in pg_control.
Show the pg_controldata program work in 7.4? If not, shouldn't it be removed from the docs in favor of the show method of finding out the locale. > BTW, 7.4 also has a specialized index opclass that can be used to create > LIKE-compatible indexes even if you are using a non-C locale. > > regards, tom lane > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html > -- Keith C. Perry, MS E.E. Director of Networks & Applications VCSN, Inc. http://vcsn.com ____________________________________ This email account is being host by: VCSN, Inc : http://vcsn.com ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html