> > pg_char_to_encoding() is already in libpq. Or am I missing something?
>
> It works with encoding table (pg_enc2name_tbl) and it's compiled
> into backend and client too. It means number of encoding is not possible
> change after compilation and you (user) can't add new encoding without
> pg_enc2name_tbl[] change. I original thought we can add new encodings
> on-the-fly in 7.3 :-) You're right.
>
> IMHO implement "User defined charsets(encodings)" will problem for
> current libpq design.
No, it's not a libpq problem, but more common "client/server" problem
IMO. It's very hard to share dynamically created object (info)
effectively between client and server.
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Tatsuo Ishii
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