Re: [ADMIN] can i use to_ascii function ?

2007-02-26 Thread Michael Fuhr
[Once again, please copy the mailing list on replies so others can participate in and learn from the discussion. Also, pgsql-general might be a more appropriate list than pgsql-admin.] On Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 10:53:48AM +0100, j n wrote: > 1. At first i tried use to_ascii ... convert > it work

Re: [ADMIN] can i use to_ascii function ?

2007-02-24 Thread Michael Fuhr
[Please reply to the mailing list so others can participate in and learn from the discussion.] On Sat, Feb 24, 2007 at 10:41:51AM +0100, j n wrote: > maybe one more suggestion ... > this type > > to_ascii(convert(lastname, 'LATIN2'), 'LATIN2') > > was not working fine unless i use ./configure -

Re: [ADMIN] can i use to_ascii function ?

2007-02-23 Thread Michael Fuhr
On Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 01:12:53PM +0100, j n wrote: > i need to get rid of acute, and other special symbols from letters. Is any > way how to do it easy in postgres ? This has come up before; here's a recent response with suggestions: http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-general/2007-01/msg00702

Re: [ADMIN] can i use to_ascii function ?

2007-02-23 Thread Achilleas Mantzios
Στις Παρασκευή 23 Φεβρουάριος 2007 14:12, ο/η j n έγραψε: > Hi > > i need to get rid of acute, and other special symbols from letters. Is any > way how to do it easy in postgres ? > > i need conversion like this from slovak language ... : > > é, ě -> e > á, ä -> a > š -> s > > i tried : > > SELECT

[ADMIN] can i use to_ascii function ?

2007-02-23 Thread j n
Hi i need to get rid of acute, and other special symbols from letters. Is any way how to do it easy in postgres ? i need conversion like this from slovak language ... : é, ě -> e á, ä -> a š -> s i tried : SELECT to_ascii('ščďť') i get an error : ERROR: encoding conversion from UTF8 to ASCI