Re: [HACKERS] Ideas needed: How to create and store collation tables

2002-11-18 Thread Tom Lane
Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am trying to figure out which is the best way to store custom collation > tables on a PostgreSQL server system, and what kind of interface to > provide to users to allow them to create their own. > A collation table essentially consists of a mapping

Re: [HACKERS] Ideas needed: How to create and store collation tables

2002-11-18 Thread Stephan Szabo
On Mon, 18 Nov 2002, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > A collation table essentially consists of a mapping 'character code -> > weight' for every character in the set and some additional considerations > for one-to-many and many-to-one mappings, plus a few feature flags. > > How would a user go about cre

[HACKERS] Ideas needed: How to create and store collation tables

2002-11-18 Thread Peter Eisentraut
I am trying to figure out which is the best way to store custom collation tables on a PostgreSQL server system, and what kind of interface to provide to users to allow them to create their own. A collation table essentially consists of a mapping 'character code -> weight' for every character in th