On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 12:23 AM, Yclept Nemo <orbisvi...@gmail.com> wrote: > I want to create a new postgresql database cluster with UTF-8 locale > and default (template) encoding. While initdb, run by rc.d/postgresql, > inherits the locale from the environment, rc.d/functions overrides the > locale to C as specified by DAEMON_LOCALE > > So I am thinking, is there any reason why not to run all daemons as > UTF-8? I remember in the mailing list some devs preferred to run with > the C locale. Why? > > Alternatively I could run initdb myself.. I am also wondering if > starting a cluster with a different encoding than that of the > environment (UTF-8 in a C environment) will cause problems > > thanks,
I may have sent this during an inopportune time (Thanksgiving heh) so bumping if any will reply.
