Re: Database encoding

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From: Thomas Bräutigam <thomas(dot)braeutigam(at)nexustelecom(dot)com>
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Subject: PostgreSQL and ZFS
Date: 2008-09-03 13:00:19
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Hello,

I am working with a PostgreSQL Database and I want to change the Filesystem to ZFS.

Does someone have experience with PostgreSQL and its Performance with ZFS? Are the current write options for PostgreSQL suitable for ZFS?

Do I need to finetune Postgres with the settings for ZFS?
Like finetuning of...
- fsync
- wal_sync_method

Thanks if someone can help me on this.

Cheers Thomas


From: "Anibal David Acosta" <aa(at)personal(dot)net(dot)py>
To: <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Database encoding
Date: 2008-09-03 13:40:36
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Hello, I have a postgresql installed with encoding "WIN1252".

But I need to create a DB with LATIN1 encoding, when I try I got the error:
"Encoding Latin1 does not match server's locale Spanish_Spain.1252. The
servers's LC_CTYPE setting require encoding WIN1252

Is possible to change the server encoding to LATIN1?

Thanks for your help!


From: "Jeremy Tunnell" <jeremy(dot)tunnell(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "Anibal David Acosta" <aa(at)personal(dot)net(dot)py>
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Subject: Re: Database encoding
Date: 2008-09-03 17:58:32
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The setting is in a file called i18n, but I can't recall where it's located.

On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 6:40 AM, Anibal David Acosta <aa(at)personal(dot)net(dot)py>wrote:

> Hello, I have a postgresql installed with encoding "WIN1252".
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> But I need to create a DB with LATIN1 encoding, when I try I got the error:
> "Encoding Latin1 does not match server's locale Spanish_Spain.1252. The
> servers's LC_CTYPE setting require encoding WIN1252
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>
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> Is possible to change the server encoding to LATIN1?
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>
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> Thanks for your help!
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From: valgog <valgog(at)gmail(dot)com>
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Subject: Re: Database encoding
Date: 2008-09-04 07:35:02
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On Sep 3, 3:40 pm, a(dot)(dot)(dot)(at)personal(dot)net(dot)py ("Anibal David Acosta") wrote:
> Hello, I have a postgresql installed with encoding "WIN1252".
>
> But I need to create a DB with LATIN1 encoding, when I try I got the error:
> "Encoding Latin1 does not match server's locale Spanish_Spain.1252. The
> servers's LC_CTYPE setting require encoding WIN1252
>
> Is possible to change the server encoding to LATIN1?
>
> Thanks for your help!

You should use the same encoding for your DB instance as you used when
creating a DB with initdb. Usually it makes sense to always use UTF8
as your encoding... in case you will need some non-LATIN1
characters... you can check which encoding was used when creating a DB
with show lc_ctype...

Regards,

-- Valentine

P.S.: there are many posts related to that issue. You can look up a
BUG mailing list for collate and encoding.