Mike Nolan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> However, I think RH always sets the LANG environmental variable, so
> that's going to be picked up by initdb, which means that the C locale
> will NOT be used unless specifically asked for. Other OS packages may
> also force the choice of a default LANG value.
Yeah. There have been some discussions on pgsql-hackers about
defaulting to C locale instead of honoring LANG, but we haven't done
anything.
> Dumb question of the hour: How does one find out what locale a
> DB is initialized in?
In 7.4, you can just "show lc_collate". In prior versions you need
to use pg_controldata to see what's stored in pg_control.
BTW, 7.4 also has a specialized index opclass that can be used to create
LIKE-compatible indexes even if you are using a non-C locale.
regards, tom lane
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