On Mon, 2003-10-06 at 21:31, Tom Lane wrote: > Oliver Elphick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I currently use pg_encoding in Debian's automatic upgrade script to > > extract the existing default encoding from pg_database, thus: > > $ psql -q -t -d template1 -c "select encoding from pg_database where > > datname = 'template1'" > > 0 > > and then I use it to translate that number into an encoding name that > > can be fed to initdb. > > But you can do that with pg_encoding_to_char:
So I see -- now, but I had missed its very existence, I'm afraid. -- Oliver Elphick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Isle of Wight, UK http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver GPG: 1024D/3E1D0C1C: CA12 09E0 E8D5 8870 5839 932A 614D 4C34 3E1D 0C1C ======================================== "Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night." Psalms 1:1,2 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match
