Hi, Ron. On Sun, May 3, 2026 at 4:05 PM Ron Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sun, May 3, 2026 at 4:52 PM Igor Korot <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> On Sun, May 3, 2026 at 3:09 PM Ron Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > On Sun, May 3, 2026 at 3:52 PM Igor Korot <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> Hi, ALL, >> >> In the CREATE DATABASE statement I can use encoding/collation/ctype. >> >> >> >> I can retrieve the encoding list with: >> >> >> >> [code] >> >> SELECT pg_encoding_to_char( conforencoding ) AS name FROM pg_conversion >> >> [/code] >> >> >> >> And then I can get a list of collations/ctypes with: >> >> >> >> [code] >> >> SELECT collname, collencoding, collprovider collctype FROM pg_collation >> >> [/code] >> >> >> >> And then add a logic in my UI to switch collations/ctypes based on >> >> encoding. >> >> >> >> However, what I wonder is: >> >> >> >> Is there a way to select a default collation/ctype for a specific >> >> encoding? >> >> >> >> Or maybe I'm overthinking it and I should let the user choose and if >> >> nothing - just keep those 2 as "Default" and let the server pick it >> >> up. However it will be weird, especially from me as a user POV. >> > >> > >> > You know your data, not us. The first question I'd try to is "how much >> > client text data is not compatible with bog-standard UTF8?" >> >> I don't. >> Just trying to create a generic tool to use for people everywhere... > > > Then choose UTF8.
Let me give you a quick run of what I'm trying to do: In my code I have 3 combo boxes: encoding, collation and ctype. Initially they all have a value of "Default". Lets say a user selected "KOI8-R" as an emcoding. What I will do is populate collation and ctype combo boxes with values available for such encodings. But I want to go a little further and change the values in those to be the default collation/ctype for the "KOI8-R" encoding. Now are you saying I should choose the one that have "UTF8" in it? Thank you. > > -- > Death to <Redacted>, and butter sauce. > Don't boil me, I'm still alive. > <Redacted> lobster!
