This feature is interesting for Czech language too. Lot of applications allows accent free searching due possible issues in original data or some client limits - missing Czech keyboard and similar Dne 21.1.2014 17:17 "Alvaro Herrera" <alvhe...@2ndquadrant.com> napsal(a):
> Craig Ringer wrote: > > > (I intensely dislike the idea of ignoring accents, but it's something > > some people appear to need/want, and is supported by other vendors). > > FWIW at least in spanish, users always want to search for entries > ignoring accents. Nowadays I think most turn to unaccent(), but before > that was written people resorted to calling transform() on both the > stored data and the user-entered query, so that all pertinent matches > would be found. People would even create indexes on the unaccented data > to speed this up. It's an important feature, not a corner case by any > means. > > Not sure about other languages. For instance perhaps in French they > would be interested in ignoring some accents but not others. > > -- > Álvaro Herrera http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ > PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services > > > -- > Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers >
