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Make it clearer that not every Postgres character set can be used as a 

server-side character set.
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doc/src/sgml/charset.sgml
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<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/charset.sgml,v 2.76 2006/02/18 16:15:21 petere Exp $ -->
<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/charset.sgml,v 2.77 2006/07/28 15:33:17 tgl Exp $ -->
<chapter id="charset">
<title>Localization</>
......@@ -304,14 +304,13 @@ initdb --locale=sv_SE
allows you to store text in a variety of character sets, including
single-byte character sets such as the ISO 8859 series and
multiple-byte character sets such as <acronym>EUC</> (Extended Unix
Code), UTF-8, and Mule internal code. All character sets can be
used transparently throughout the server. (If you use extension
functions from other sources, it depends on whether they wrote
their code correctly.) The default character set is selected while
Code), UTF-8, and Mule internal code. All supported character sets
can be used transparently by clients, but a few are not supported
for use within the server (that is, as a server-side encoding).
The default character set is selected while
initializing your <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> database
cluster using <command>initdb</>. It can be overridden when you
create a database using <command>createdb</command> or by using the
SQL command <command>CREATE DATABASE</>. So you can have multiple
create a database, so you can have multiple
databases each with a different character set.
</para>
......@@ -320,17 +319,18 @@ initdb --locale=sv_SE
<para>
<xref linkend="charset-table"> shows the character sets available
for use in the server.
for use in <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>.
</para>
<table id="charset-table">
<title>Server Character Sets</title>
<tgroup cols="2">
<tgroup cols="6">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Name</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
<entry>Language</entry>
<entry>Server?</entry>
<!--
The Bytes/Char field is populated by looking at the values returned
by pg_wchar_table.mblen function for each encoding.
......@@ -344,6 +344,7 @@ initdb --locale=sv_SE
<entry><literal>BIG5</literal></entry>
<entry>Big Five</entry>
<entry>Traditional Chinese</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>1-2</entry>
<entry><literal>WIN950</>, <literal>Windows950</></entry>
</row>
......@@ -351,6 +352,7 @@ initdb --locale=sv_SE
<entry><literal>EUC_CN</literal></entry>
<entry>Extended UNIX Code-CN</entry>
<entry>Simplified Chinese</entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
<entry>1-3</entry>
<entry></entry>
</row>
......@@ -358,6 +360,7 @@ initdb --locale=sv_SE
<entry><literal>EUC_JP</literal></entry>
<entry>Extended UNIX Code-JP</entry>
<entry>Japanese</entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
<entry>1-3</entry>
<entry></entry>
</row>
......@@ -365,6 +368,7 @@ initdb --locale=sv_SE
<entry><literal>EUC_KR</literal></entry>
<entry>Extended UNIX Code-KR</entry>
<entry>Korean</entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
<entry>1-3</entry>
<entry></entry>
</row>
......@@ -372,6 +376,7 @@ initdb --locale=sv_SE
<entry><literal>EUC_TW</literal></entry>
<entry>Extended UNIX Code-TW</entry>
<entry>Traditional Chinese, Taiwanese</entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
<entry>1-3</entry>
<entry></entry>
</row>
......@@ -379,6 +384,7 @@ initdb --locale=sv_SE
<entry><literal>GB18030</literal></entry>
<entry>National Standard</entry>
<entry>Chinese</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>1-2</entry>
<entry></entry>
</row>
......@@ -386,6 +392,7 @@ initdb --locale=sv_SE
<entry><literal>GBK</literal></entry>
<entry>Extended National Standard</entry>
<entry>Simplified Chinese</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>1-2</entry>
<entry><literal>WIN936</>, <literal>Windows936</></entry>
</row>
......@@ -393,6 +400,7 @@ initdb --locale=sv_SE
<entry><literal>ISO_8859_5</literal></entry>
<entry>ISO 8859-5, <acronym>ECMA</> 113</entry>
<entry>Latin/Cyrillic</entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
<entry>1</entry>
<entry></entry>
</row>
......@@ -400,6 +408,7 @@ initdb --locale=sv_SE
<entry><literal>ISO_8859_6</literal></entry>
<entry>ISO 8859-6, <acronym>ECMA</> 114</entry>
<entry>Latin/Arabic</entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
<entry>1</entry>
<entry></entry>
</row>
......@@ -407,6 +416,7 @@ initdb --locale=sv_SE
<entry><literal>ISO_8859_7</literal></entry>
<entry>ISO 8859-7, <acronym>ECMA</> 118</entry>
<entry>Latin/Greek</entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
<entry>1</entry>
<entry></entry>
</row>
......@@ -414,6 +424,7 @@ initdb --locale=sv_SE
<entry><literal>ISO_8859_8</literal></entry>
<entry>ISO 8859-8, <acronym>ECMA</> 121</entry>
<entry>Latin/Hebrew</entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
<entry>1</entry>
<entry></entry>
</row>
......@@ -421,6 +432,7 @@ initdb --locale=sv_SE
<entry><literal>JOHAB</literal></entry>
<entry><acronym>JOHAB</></entry>
<entry>Korean (Hangul)</entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
<entry>1-3</entry>
<entry></entry>
</row>
......@@ -428,6 +440,7 @@ initdb --locale=sv_SE
<entry><literal>KOI8</literal></entry>
<entry><acronym>KOI</acronym>8-R(U)</entry>
<entry>Cyrillic</entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
<entry>1</entry>
<entry><literal>KOI8R</></entry>
</row>
......@@ -435,6 +448,7 @@ initdb --locale=sv_SE
<entry><literal>LATIN1</literal></entry>
<entry>ISO 8859-1, <acronym>ECMA</> 94</entry>
<entry>Western European</entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
<entry>1</entry>
<entry><literal>ISO88591</></entry>
</row>
......@@ -442,6 +456,7 @@ initdb --locale=sv_SE
<entry><literal>LATIN2</literal></entry>
<entry>ISO 8859-2, <acronym>ECMA</> 94</entry>
<entry>Central European</entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
<entry>1</entry>
<entry><literal>ISO88592</></entry>
</row>
......@@ -449,6 +464,7 @@ initdb --locale=sv_SE
<entry><literal>LATIN3</literal></entry>
<entry>ISO 8859-3, <acronym>ECMA</> 94</entry>
<entry>South European</entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
<entry>1</entry>
<entry><literal>ISO88593</></entry>
</row>
......@@ -456,6 +472,7 @@ initdb --locale=sv_SE
<entry><literal>LATIN4</literal></entry>
<entry>ISO 8859-4, <acronym>ECMA</> 94</entry>
<entry>North European</entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
<entry>1</entry>
<entry><literal>ISO88594</></entry>
</row>
......@@ -463,6 +480,7 @@ initdb --locale=sv_SE
<entry><literal>LATIN5</literal></entry>
<entry>ISO 8859-9, <acronym>ECMA</> 128</entry>
<entry>Turkish</entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
<entry>1</entry>
<entry><literal>ISO88599</></entry>
</row>
......@@ -470,6 +488,7 @@ initdb --locale=sv_SE
<entry><literal>LATIN6</literal></entry>
<entry>ISO 8859-10, <acronym>ECMA</> 144</entry>
<entry>Nordic</entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
<entry>1</entry>
<entry><literal>ISO885910</></entry>
</row>
......@@ -477,6 +496,7 @@ initdb --locale=sv_SE
<entry><literal>LATIN7</literal></entry>
<entry>ISO 8859-13</entry>
<entry>Baltic</entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
<entry>1</entry>
<entry><literal>ISO885913</></entry>
</row>
......@@ -484,6 +504,7 @@ initdb --locale=sv_SE
<entry><literal>LATIN8</literal></entry>
<entry>ISO 8859-14</entry>
<entry>Celtic</entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
<entry>1</entry>
<entry><literal>ISO885914</></entry>
</row>
......@@ -491,6 +512,7 @@ initdb --locale=sv_SE
<entry><literal>LATIN9</literal></entry>
<entry>ISO 8859-15</entry>
<entry>LATIN1 with Euro and accents</entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
<entry>1</entry>
<entry>ISO885915</entry>
</row>
......@@ -498,6 +520,7 @@ initdb --locale=sv_SE
<entry><literal>LATIN10</literal></entry>
<entry>ISO 8859-16, <acronym>ASRO</> SR 14111</entry>
<entry>Romanian</entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
<entry>1</entry>
<entry><literal>ISO885916</></entry>
</row>
......@@ -505,6 +528,7 @@ initdb --locale=sv_SE
<entry><literal>MULE_INTERNAL</literal></entry>
<entry>Mule internal code</entry>
<entry>Multilingual Emacs</entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
<entry>1-4</entry>
<entry></entry>
</row>
......@@ -512,6 +536,7 @@ initdb --locale=sv_SE
<entry><literal>SJIS</literal></entry>
<entry>Shift JIS</entry>
<entry>Japanese</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>1-2</entry>
<entry><literal>Mskanji</>, <literal>ShiftJIS</>, <literal>WIN932</>, <literal>Windows932</></entry>
</row>
......@@ -519,6 +544,7 @@ initdb --locale=sv_SE
<entry><literal>SQL_ASCII</literal></entry>
<entry>unspecified (see text)</entry>
<entry><emphasis>any</></entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
<entry>1</entry>
<entry></entry>
</row>
......@@ -526,6 +552,7 @@ initdb --locale=sv_SE
<entry><literal>UHC</literal></entry>
<entry>Unified Hangul Code</entry>
<entry>Korean</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>1-2</entry>
<entry><literal>WIN949</>, <literal>Windows949</></entry>
</row>
......@@ -533,6 +560,7 @@ initdb --locale=sv_SE
<entry><literal>UTF8</literal></entry>
<entry>Unicode, 8-bit</entry>
<entry><emphasis>all</></entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
<entry>1-4</entry>
<entry><literal>Unicode</></entry>
</row>
......@@ -540,6 +568,7 @@ initdb --locale=sv_SE
<entry><literal>WIN866</literal></entry>
<entry>Windows CP866</entry>
<entry>Cyrillic</entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
<entry>1</entry>
<entry><literal>ALT</></entry>
</row>
......@@ -547,6 +576,7 @@ initdb --locale=sv_SE
<entry><literal>WIN874</literal></entry>
<entry>Windows CP874</entry>
<entry>Thai</entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
<entry>1</entry>
<entry></entry>
</row>
......@@ -554,6 +584,7 @@ initdb --locale=sv_SE
<entry><literal>WIN1250</literal></entry>
<entry>Windows CP1250</entry>
<entry>Central European</entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
<entry>1</entry>
<entry></entry>
</row>
......@@ -561,6 +592,7 @@ initdb --locale=sv_SE
<entry><literal>WIN1251</literal></entry>
<entry>Windows CP1251</entry>
<entry>Cyrillic</entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
<entry>1</entry>
<entry><literal>WIN</></entry>
</row>
......@@ -568,6 +600,7 @@ initdb --locale=sv_SE
<entry><literal>WIN1252</literal></entry>
<entry>Windows CP1252</entry>
<entry>Western European</entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
<entry>1</entry>
<entry></entry>
</row>
......@@ -575,6 +608,7 @@ initdb --locale=sv_SE
<entry><literal>WIN1253</literal></entry>
<entry>Windows CP1253</entry>
<entry>Greek</entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
<entry>1</entry>
<entry></entry>
</row>
......@@ -582,6 +616,7 @@ initdb --locale=sv_SE
<entry><literal>WIN1254</literal></entry>
<entry>Windows CP1254</entry>
<entry>Turkish</entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
<entry>1</entry>
<entry></entry>
</row>
......@@ -589,6 +624,7 @@ initdb --locale=sv_SE
<entry><literal>WIN1255</literal></entry>
<entry>Windows CP1255</entry>
<entry>Hebrew</entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
<entry>1</entry>
<entry></entry>
</row>
......@@ -596,6 +632,7 @@ initdb --locale=sv_SE
<entry><literal>WIN1256</literal></entry>
<entry>Windows CP1256</entry>
<entry>Arabic</entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
<entry>1</entry>
<entry></entry>
</row>
......@@ -603,6 +640,7 @@ initdb --locale=sv_SE
<entry><literal>WIN1257</literal></entry>
<entry>Windows CP1257</entry>
<entry>Baltic</entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
<entry>1</entry>
<entry></entry>
</row>
......@@ -610,6 +648,7 @@ initdb --locale=sv_SE
<entry><literal>WIN1258</literal></entry>
<entry>Windows CP1258</entry>
<entry>Vietnamese</entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
<entry>1</entry>
<entry><literal>ABC</>, <literal>TCVN</>, <literal>TCVN5712</>, <literal>VSCII</></entry>
</row>
......@@ -731,12 +770,11 @@ $ <userinput>psql -l</userinput>
<para>
<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> supports automatic
character set conversion between server and client for certain
character sets. The conversion information is stored in the
<literal>pg_conversion</> system catalog. You can create a new
conversion by using the SQL command <command>CREATE
CONVERSION</command>. <productname>PostgreSQL</> comes with some
predefined conversions. They are listed in <xref
linkend="multibyte-translation-table">.
character set combinations. The conversion information is stored in the
<literal>pg_conversion</> system catalog. <productname>PostgreSQL</>
comes with some predefined conversions, as shown in <xref
linkend="multibyte-translation-table">. You can create a new
conversion using the SQL command <command>CREATE CONVERSION</command>.
</para>
<table id="multibyte-translation-table">
......@@ -1081,7 +1119,8 @@ char *pg_encoding_to_char(int <replaceable>encoding_id</replaceable>);
SET CLIENT_ENCODING TO '<replaceable>value</>';
</programlisting>
Also you can use the more standard SQL syntax <literal>SET NAMES</literal> for this purpose:
Also you can use the standard SQL syntax <literal>SET NAMES</literal>
for this purpose:
<programlisting>
SET NAMES '<replaceable>value</>';
......@@ -1130,10 +1169,8 @@ RESET client_encoding;
If the conversion of a particular character is not possible
&mdash; suppose you chose <literal>EUC_JP</literal> for the
server and <literal>LATIN1</literal> for the client, then some
Japanese characters cannot be converted to
<literal>LATIN1</literal> &mdash; it is transformed to its
hexadecimal byte values in parentheses, e.g.,
<literal>(826C)</literal>.
Japanese characters do not have a representation in
<literal>LATIN1</literal> &mdash; then an error is reported.
</para>
<para>
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