I have compiled 8.3 (CVS HEAD) with NLS on a XP box. But it seems that NLS support is broke. Could someone please confirm this.
My test: Gevik=# Gevik=# show lc_messages ; lc_messages ---------------------------- English_United States.1252 (1 row) Gevik=# Gevik=# set lc_messages TO 'de_DE.utf8'; SET Gevik=# show lc_messages ; lc_messages ------------- de_DE.utf8 (1 row) Gevik=# select to_char(now(), 'TMDay, DD TMMonth YYYY'); to_char --------------------------- Tuesday, 12 February 2008 (1 row) Gevik=# Gevik=# set lc_messages TO 'es_ES.utf8'; SET Gevik=# show lc_messages ; lc_messages ------------- es_ES.utf8 (1 row) Gevik=# select to_char(now(), 'TMDay, DD TMMonth YYYY'); to_char --------------------------- Tuesday, 12 February 2008 (1 row) ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend