...and on Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 11:08:57AM -0700, Judy Chun used the keyboard: > I?m still a novice. Can Postgresql can be configured to store the following > languages: > > Chinese, German, French, Finnish, and Italian. > > Can a database be configured to store all these languages or should a > database be created for each language. I?m new to working with databases in > different languages. What issues should I be aware of when working with > databases in foreign languages? > > Any information would be great. > > Judy Chun
Hi Judy, If you're referring to encoding of the data you're about to store in that database, the answer is quite straightforward: you should pick an encoding that is capable of handling textual representations of all of those languages, which would, at the time being, be UTF-8. You can, alternatively, pick the most specific encoding for each language you're trying to store and create several databases. Cheers, -- Grega Bremec Sistemska administracija in podpora grega.bremec-at-noviforum.si http://najdi.si/ http://www.noviforum.si/ ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster