> > Maybe we could even "suggest" UTF8 in the "getting started" > (i.e. the > > windows installer initdb screen, or other default > installations) Sth. > > like "if you do not know better, take utf8" > > UTF-8 on windows works pretty well.
It does, but it has an extra speed penalty. For any comparison operation (which means sort), the string must be converted to UTF-16, compared, discarded. Win32 can't do native comparisions in UTF-8. Thoguh I haven't specifically measured the difference, I doubt it would be unnoticable. Which is the mani reason we didn't go with it as the default for the 8.1 installer. //Magnus ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
