Re: [GENERAL] How well does PostgreSQL 9.6.1 support unicode?

2016-12-21 Thread James Zhou
I figured out that I need to use the function CHR to enter supplementary unicode characters (code points > , i.e. planes 1 - F), e.g. insert into unicode(id, string) values(100, CHR(128120)); -- a mojo character, https://unicodelookup.com/#0x1f478/1 insert into unicode(id, string) values(101,

Re: [GENERAL] How well does PostgreSQL 9.6.1 support unicode?

2016-12-20 Thread James Zhou
eturns the correct values for all supported unicode chars. Correct sorting is nice-to-have. Any help to get unicode chars, particularly the mojos (0x1F478, 0x1F479), in and out of pg correctly is much appreciated. Thank you! James On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 9:24 PM, Tom Lane wrote: > James

[GENERAL] How well does PostgreSQL 9.6.1 support unicode?

2016-12-20 Thread James Zhou
Unicode has evolved from version 1.0 with 7,161 characters released in 1991 to version 9.0 with 128,172 characters released in June 2016. My questions are - which version of Unicode is supported by PostgreSQL 9.6.1? - what does "supported" exactly mean? simply store it? comparison? sorting? substri

Re: [GENERAL] Where to download pgbench for Windows 7

2016-12-03 Thread James Zhou
Thank you, John. On Dec 2, 2016 23:12, "John R Pierce" wrote: > On 12/2/2016 10:37 PM, James Zhou wrote: > >> I am new to PostgreSQL and am leaning it. I installed PostgreSQL on a >> Windows 7 laptop and would like to play with pgbench to generate a sample >> d

[GENERAL] Where to download pgbench for Windows 7

2016-12-02 Thread James Zhou
Hi, I am new to PostgreSQL and am leaning it. I installed PostgreSQL on a Windows 7 laptop and would like to play with pgbench to generate a sample database and a bit load. As I read, pgbench should come with the server download. But after I install it, I could find pgbench: [image: Inline image