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Add pg_conversion system catalog. Update description for multibyte support.
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<!--
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Documentation of the system catalogs, directed toward PostgreSQL developers
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$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml,v 2.46 2002/07/22 20:23:19 petere Exp $
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$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml,v 2.47 2002/07/24 05:51:55 ishii Exp $
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-->
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<chapter id="catalogs">
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<entry>check constraints, unique / primary key constraints, foreign key constraints</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>pg_conversion</entry>
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<entry>encoding conversion information</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>pg_database</entry>
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<entry>databases within this database cluster</entry>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="catalog-pg-conversion">
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<title>pg_conversion</title>
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<para>
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This system catalog stores encoding conversion information. See
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<command>CREATE CONVERSION</command> for more information.
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</para>
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<table>
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<title>pg_conversion Columns</title>
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<tgroup cols=4>
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<thead>
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<row>
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<entry>Name</entry>
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<entry>Type</entry>
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<entry>References</entry>
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<entry>Description</entry>
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</row>
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</thead>
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<tbody>
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<row>
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<entry>conname</entry>
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<entry><type>name</type></entry>
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<entry></entry>
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<entry>Conversion name (unique within a namespace)</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>connamespace</entry>
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<entry><type>oid</type></entry>
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<entry>pg_namespace.oid</entry>
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<entry>
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The OID of the namespace that contains this conversion
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</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>conowner</entry>
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<entry><type>int4</type></entry>
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<entry>pg_shadow.usesysid</entry>
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<entry>Owner (creator) of the namespace</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>conforencoding</entry>
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<entry><type>int4</type></entry>
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<entry></entry>
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<entry>Source(for) encoding ID</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>contoencoding</entry>
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<entry><type>int4</type></entry>
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<entry></entry>
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<entry>Destination(to) encoding ID</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>conproc</entry>
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<entry><type>regproc</type></entry>
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<entry>pg_proc.oid</entry>
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<entry>Conversion procedure</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>condefault</entry>
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<entry><type>boolean</type></entry>
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<entry></entry>
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<entry>true if this is the default conversion</entry>
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</row>
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</tbody>
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</tgroup>
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</table>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="catalog-pg-database">
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<title>pg_database</title>
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<!-- $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/charset.sgml,v 2.24 2002/04/03 05:39:27 petere Exp $ -->
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<!-- $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/charset.sgml,v 2.25 2002/07/24 05:51:56 ishii Exp $ -->
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<chapter id="charset">
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<title>Localization</>
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<para>
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Tatsuo Ishii (<email>ishii@postgresql.org</email>),
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last updated 2000-03-22.
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last updated 2002-07-24.
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Check <ulink
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url="http://www.sra.co.jp/people/t-ishii/PostgreSQL/">Tatsuo's
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web site</ulink> for more information.
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overridden when you create a database using
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<application>createdb</application> or by using the SQL command
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<command>CREATE DATABASE</>. So you can have multiple databases each with
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a different encoding system.
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a different encoding system. Note that <acronym>MB</acronym> can
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handle single byte characters sets such as ISO-8859-1.
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</para>
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<para>
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Multibyte support is enabled by default since PostgreSQL version 7.3.
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</para>
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<sect2>
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<title>Enabling Multibyte Support</title>
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<title>Supported character set encodings</title>
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<para>
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Run configure with the multibyte option:
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<synopsis>
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./configure --enable-multibyte<optional>=<replaceable>encoding_system</replaceable></optional>
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</synopsis>
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where <replaceable>encoding_system</replaceable> can be one of the
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values in the following table:
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Following encoding can be used as database encoding.
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<table tocentry="1">
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<title>Character Set Encodings</title>
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<literal>LATIN8</>, and <literal>LATIN10</>.
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</para>
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</important>
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</sect2>
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<para>
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Here is an example of configuring
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<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> to use a Japanese encoding by
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default:
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<screen>
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$ <userinput>./configure --enable-multibyte=EUC_JP</userinput>
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</screen>
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</para>
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<para>
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If the encoding system is omitted (<literal>./configure --enable-multibyte</literal>),
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<literal>SQL_ASCII</> is assumed.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>Setting the Encoding</title>
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sets the default encoding to <literal>EUC_JP</literal> (Extended Unix Code for Japanese).
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Note that you can use <option>--encoding</option> instead of <option>-E</option> if you prefer
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to type longer option strings.
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If no <option>-E</> or <option>--encoding</option> option is given, the encoding
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specified at configure time is used.
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If no <option>-E</> or <option>--encoding</option> option is
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given, SQL_ASCII is used.
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</para>
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<para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>Automatic encoding translation between server and
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<title>Automatic encoding conversion between server and
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client</title>
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<para>
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<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> supports an automatic
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encoding translation between server
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and client for some encodings. The available combinations are
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listed in <xref linkend="multibyte-translation-table">.
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encoding conversion between server and client for some
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encodings. The conversion info is stored in pg_converson system
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catalog. You can create a new conversion by using <command>CREATE
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CONVERSION</command>. PostgreSQL comes with some predefined
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conversions. They are listed in <xref
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linkend="multibyte-translation-table">.
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</para>
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<table tocentry="1" id="multibyte-translation-table">
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be overridden using any of the other methods mentioned above.)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Using client_encoding variable.
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If client_encoding variable in postgresql.conf is set, that
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client encoding is automatically selected when a connection to the
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server is made. (This can subsequently be overridden using any of the
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other methods mentioned above.)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</para>
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</sect2>
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The Unicode conversion functionality is automatically enabled
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if <option>--enable-multibyte</option> is specified.
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</para>
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<para>
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For 7.3, <option>--enable-unicode-conversion</option> nor
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<option>--enable-multibyte</option> is needed.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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