Hello!

   Attached is new README.locale. Should go into .../doc. Includes
instructions on how to install and use Multibyte support. Primarily
oriented toward Russian (Cyrillic) users.

Oleg.
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doc/README.locale

+===========
+14 Apr 1999
+===========
 
+   Tatsuo Ishii <t-ishii@sra.co.jp> updated Multibyte support extending it
+to Cyrillic language. Now PostgreSQL supports KOI8-R, WIN-1251, ISO8859-5
+and CP866 (ALT) encodings.
+
+   Short instruction on using this feature follows. Longer discussion of
+Multibyte support is in README.mb.
+
+   WARNING! Now with Multibyte support Cyrillic RECODE declared obsolete
+and will be removed from Postgres. If you are using RECODE consider
+switching to Multibyte support.
+
+   Instructions on how to prepare Postgres for Cyrillic Multibyte support.
+   ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+   First, you need to backup all your databases. I recommend to backup the
+entire Postgres directory, including binaries and libraries - thus you can
+easily restore if something goes wrong.
+
+   Dump you data: pg_dumpall > dump.db
+
+   Stop postmaster.
+
+   Configure, compile and install Postgres. (I'll mostly talk about KOI8-R
+encoding, this is just to make examples a little more clear; you can use
+any supported encoding.)
+
+   cd src
+   ./configure --enable-locale --with-mb=KOI8
+   make
+   make install
+
+   Make sure you've backed up your databases. Doublecheck your backup. I
+really mean it - make regular backups and test your backups sometimes by
+fake restore.
+
+   Remove your data directory (better, rename or move it).
+
+   Run initdb saying your primary encoding: initdb -e KOI8. If you omit
+encoding, primary encoding from configure will be taken.
+
+   Start postmaster.
+
+   Create databases: createdb -e KOI8. Again, you can omit encoding -
+default encoding will be used. You are not forced to use the same encoding
+for all your databases - you can create different databases with different
+encodings.
+
+   Load your data from the dump you've created: psql < dump.db
+
+   That's all! Now you are ready to enjoy the full power of Multibyte
+support.
+
+   To use Multibyte support you do not need to do something special - just
+execute your queries. If client program does not set encoding, it will get
+the data in database encoding. But client may ask Postgres to do automatic
+server-to-client and client-to-server conversions. There are 2 (two) ways
+client program declares its encoding:
+   1) client explicitly executes the query SET CLIENT_ENCODING TO 'win';
+   2) client started with environment variable set. Examples -
+using sh syntax:
+   PGCLIENTENCODING='win'; export PGCLIENTENCODING
+using csh syntax:
+   setenv PGCLIENTENCODING 'win'
+
+   Setting PGCLIENTENCODING even if you use same client encding as the
+database would omit an overhead of asking the database encoding while
+initiating the connection, so it is good idea to set it in any case.
+
+   Now you may run test suite and see Multibyte support in action. Go to
+.../src/test/locale and run
+   make clean all test-koi2win
+
+
+===========
 1998 Nov 20
+===========
 
-   I extended locale support. Now ORDER BY (if PostgreSQL configured with
+   I extended locale support, originally written by Oleg Bartunov
+<oleg@sai.msu.su>. Now ORDER BY (if PostgreSQL configured with
 --enable-locale) uses strcoll() for all text fields: char(n), varchar(n),
 text.
 
@@ -13,5 +92,3 @@ the regression test because not so much people require locale support. Read
 (lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu) for hints, tips, help and discussion.
 
 Oleg.
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