Hi On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 10:07 PM, Mike Toews <mwto...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm using the "postgresql-9.2.0-1-windows.exe" installer, from > Enterprise DB, on a Windows Vista 32-bit computer. > > The issue was noticed with the GUI installer, where I chose the local > option "English, New Zealand" from a drop-down menu, but the resulting > database cluster has "English_United States.1252". > > With initdb.exe, I see that --locale has unexpected behaviour. I'll > present a few examples that each represent key : value, where key is > set with --local="key" and value is from the output: The database > cluster will be initialized with locale "value". > > C : C > English : English_United States.1252 > French : French_France.1252 > nonsense : English_United Kingdom.1252 > French, Canada : French_France.1252 > French_Canada : French_Canada.1252 > English, Canada : English_United States.1252 > English_New_Zealand : English_United Kingdom.1252 > English, New Zealand : English_United States.1252 > English_New Zealand : English_New Zealand.1252 > > There are some interesting interpretations in the above, but I > understand they probably depend on the OS (Windows Vista, in this
Bizzarre. > case). In the install-postgresql.log file I see attempts to get a list > of available system locales: > > Executing > C:\Users\mwtoews\AppData\Local\Temp\postgresql_installer\getlocales.exe > Script exit code: 0 > > Script output: > AfrikaansxxCOMMAxxxxSPxxSouthxxSPxxAfrica=Afrikaans, South Africa > AlbanianxxCOMMAxxxxSPxxAlbania=Albanian, Albania You can ignore most of that - the weirdness there is just the format we present the data to the Bitrock installer code in for it to populate the list. Ugly as sin, but entirely generated from the local system. -- Dave Page Blog: http://pgsnake.blogspot.com Twitter: @pgsnake EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-bugs mailing list (pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-bugs