diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/selfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/selfuncs.c
index 5d999e6..b7f1922 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/selfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/selfuncs.c
@@ -5652,6 +5652,18 @@ pattern_selectivity(Const *patt, Pattern_Type ptype)
 
 
 /*
+ * This function is "character increment" function for bytea used in
+ * make_greater_string() that has same interface with pg_wchar_tbl.charinc.
+ */
+static bool byte_increment(unsigned char *ptr, int len)
+{
+	if (*ptr >= 255) return false;
+
+	(*ptr)++;
+	return true;
+}
+
+/*
  * Try to generate a string greater than the given string or any
  * string it is a prefix of.  If successful, return a palloc'd string
  * in the form of a Const node; else return NULL.
@@ -5690,6 +5702,7 @@ make_greater_string(const Const *str_const, FmgrInfo *ltproc, Oid collation)
 	int			len;
 	Datum		cmpstr;
 	text	   *cmptxt = NULL;
+	character_incrementer charincfunc;
 
 	/*
 	 * Get a modifiable copy of the prefix string in C-string format, and set
@@ -5751,27 +5764,38 @@ make_greater_string(const Const *str_const, FmgrInfo *ltproc, Oid collation)
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (datatype != BYTEAOID)
+		charincfunc = pg_database_encoding_character_incrementer();
+	else
+		charincfunc = &byte_increment;
+
 	while (len > 0)
 	{
-		unsigned char *lastchar = (unsigned char *) (workstr + len - 1);
-		unsigned char savelastchar = *lastchar;
+		int charlen;
+		unsigned char *lastchar;
+		unsigned char savelastbyte;
+		Const	   *workstr_const;
+		
+		if (datatype == BYTEAOID)
+			charlen = 1;
+		else
+			charlen = len - pg_mbcliplen(workstr, len, len - 1);
+
+		lastchar = (unsigned char *) (workstr + len - charlen);
 
 		/*
-		 * Try to generate a larger string by incrementing the last byte.
+		 * savelastbyte has meaning only for datatype == BYTEAOID
 		 */
-		while (*lastchar < (unsigned char) 255)
-		{
-			Const	   *workstr_const;
+		savelastbyte = *lastchar;
 
-			(*lastchar)++;
+		/*
+		 * Try to generate a larger string by incrementing the last byte or
+		 * character.
+		 */
 
+		if (charincfunc(lastchar, charlen)) {
 			if (datatype != BYTEAOID)
-			{
-				/* do not generate invalid encoding sequences */
-				if (!pg_verifymbstr(workstr, len, true))
-					continue;
 				workstr_const = string_to_const(workstr, datatype);
-			}
 			else
 				workstr_const = string_to_bytea_const(workstr, len);
 
@@ -5786,26 +5810,17 @@ make_greater_string(const Const *str_const, FmgrInfo *ltproc, Oid collation)
 				pfree(workstr);
 				return workstr_const;
 			}
-
+			
 			/* No good, release unusable value and try again */
 			pfree(DatumGetPointer(workstr_const->constvalue));
 			pfree(workstr_const);
 		}
 
-		/* restore last byte so we don't confuse pg_mbcliplen */
-		*lastchar = savelastchar;
-
 		/*
-		 * Truncate off the last character, which might be more than 1 byte,
-		 * depending on the character encoding.
+		 * Truncate off the last character or restore last byte for BYTEA.
 		 */
-		if (datatype != BYTEAOID && pg_database_encoding_max_length() > 1)
-			len = pg_mbcliplen(workstr, len, len - 1);
-		else
-			len -= 1;
-
-		if (datatype != BYTEAOID)
-			workstr[len] = '\0';
+		len -= charlen;
+		workstr[len] = (datatype != BYTEAOID ? '\0' : savelastbyte);
 	}
 
 	/* Failed... */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/mb/wchar.c b/src/backend/utils/mb/wchar.c
index f23732f..00b3e2a 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/mb/wchar.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/mb/wchar.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+
 /*
  * conversion functions between pg_wchar and multibyte streams.
  * Tatsuo Ishii
@@ -1336,53 +1337,254 @@ pg_utf8_islegal(const unsigned char *source, int length)
 
 /*
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * character incrementer
+ *
+ * These functions accept "charptr", a pointer to the first byte of a
+ * maybe-multibyte character. Try `increment' the character and return true if
+ * successed.  If these functions returns false, the character should be
+ * untouched.  These functions must be implemented in correspondence with
+ * verifiers, in other words, the rewrited character by this function must pass
+ * the check by pg_*_verifier() if returns true. Returning the return value of
+ * pg_*_verifier() corresponding can finnaly avoid such a inconsistency when
+ * something wrong.
+ * -------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+#ifndef FRONTEND
+static bool pg_generic_charinc(unsigned char *charptr, int len)
+{
+ 	unsigned char *lastchar = (unsigned char *) (charptr + len - 1);
+ 	unsigned char savelastchar = *lastchar;
+ 	const char *const_charptr = (const char *)charptr;
+ 
+ 	while (*lastchar < (unsigned char) 255)
+ 	{
+ 		(*lastchar)++;
+ 		if (!pg_verifymbstr(const_charptr, len, true))
+ 			continue;
+ 		return true;
+ 	}
+ 
+ 	*lastchar = savelastchar;
+ 	return false;
+}
+ 
+static bool pg_utf8_increment(unsigned char *charptr, int length)
+{
+ 	unsigned char a;
+ 	unsigned char bak[4];
+ 	bool success;
+ 
+ 	memcpy(bak, charptr, length);
+ 	switch (length)
+ 	{
+ 		default:
+ 			/* reject lengths 5 and 6 for now */
+ 			return false;
+ 		case 4:
+ 			a = charptr[3];
+ 			if (a < 0xBF)
+ 			{
+ 				charptr[3]++;
+ 				break;
+ 			}
+ 			charptr[3] = 0x80;
+ 			/* FALL THRU */
+ 		case 3:
+ 			a = charptr[2];
+ 			if (a < 0xBF)
+ 			{
+ 				charptr[2]++;
+ 				break;
+ 			}
+ 			charptr[2] = 0x80;
+ 			/* FALL THRU */
+ 		case 2:
+ 			a = charptr[1];
+ 			if ((*charptr == 0xed && a < 0x9F) || a < 0xBF)
+ 			{
+ 				charptr[1]++;
+ 				break;
+ 			}
+ 			charptr[1] = 0x80;
+ 			/* FALL THRU */
+ 		case 1:
+ 			a = *charptr;
+ 			if (a == 0x7F || a == 0xDF || a == 0xEF || a == 0xF7) {
+				memcpy(charptr, bak, length);
+ 				return false;
+ 			}
+ 			charptr[0]++;
+ 			break;
+ 	}
+ 	
+ 	/* Check the result with pg_utf8_islegal as the last resort. */
+ 	success = pg_utf8_islegal(charptr, length);
+ 	if (!success)
+ 		memcpy(charptr, bak, length);
+ 
+ 	return success;
+}
+ 
+static bool pg_eucjp_increment(unsigned char *charptr, int length) {
+ 	unsigned char bak[3];
+ 	bool success;
+ 	unsigned char c1, c2;
+ 	signed int i;
+ 
+ 	memcpy(bak, charptr, length);
+ 
+ 	c1 = *charptr;
+ 
+ 	switch (c1)
+ 	{
+ 		case SS2:	/* JIS X 0201 */
+ 			if (length != 2) return false;
+ 
+ 			c2 = charptr[1];
+ 
+ 			if (c2 > 0xde)
+ 				charptr[0] = charptr[1] = 0xa1;
+ 			else if (c2 < 0xa1)
+ 				charptr[1] = 0xa1;
+ 			else
+ 				charptr[1]++;
+ 
+ 			break;
+ 
+ 		case SS3:	/* JIS X 0212 */
+ 			if (length != 3) return false;
+ 
+ 			for (i = 2 ; i > 1 ; i--)
+ 			{
+ 				c2 = charptr[i];
+ 				if (c2 < 0xa1)
+ 				{
+ 					charptr[i] = 0xa1;
+ 					return true;
+ 				}
+ 				else if (c2 < 0xfe)
+ 				{
+ 					charptr[i]++;
+ 					break;
+ 				}
+ 				charptr[i] = 0xa1;
+ 			}
+ 
+ 
+ 			if (i == 0)	  /* Out of code region */
+ 			{
+ 				memcpy(charptr, bak, length);
+ 				return false;
+ 			}
+ 			
+ 			break;
+ 
+ 		default:
+ 			if (IS_HIGHBIT_SET(c1))	 /* JIS X 0208? */
+ 			{
+ 				if (length != 2) return false;
+ 		  
+ 				for (i = 1 ; i >= 0 ; i--)	/* i must be signed */
+ 				{
+ 					c2 = charptr[i];
+ 					if (c2 < 0xa1)
+ 					{
+ 						charptr[i] = 0xa1;
+ 						return true;
+ 					}
+ 					else if (c2 < 0xfe)
+ 					{
+ 						charptr[i]++;
+ 						break;
+ 					}
+ 					charptr[i] = 0xa1;
+ 				}
+ 		  
+ 				if (i < 0)	/*  Out of 2 byte code region */
+ 				{
+ 					memcpy(charptr, bak, length);
+ 					return false;
+ 				}
+ 			}
+ 			else
+ 			{	/* ASCII */
+ 				if (c1 > 0x7e)
+ 					return false;
+ 				(*charptr)++;
+ 			}
+ 	}
+ 
+ 
+ 	/* Check the result with pg_eucjp_verifier as the last resort. */
+ 	success = (pg_eucjp_verifier(charptr, length) == length);
+ 	if (!success)
+ 		memcpy(charptr, bak, length);	
+   
+ 	return success;
+}
+#else
+/*
+ * Character increment functions are not available on frontend. Abort on call
+ * to prevent miseuse.
+ */
+static bool pg_generic_charinc(unsigned char *charptr, int len) {
+	fputs(_("Character incrementer cannot be used in frontend.\n"), stderr);
+	abort();
+}
+#define pg_utf8_increment pg_generic_charinc
+#define pg_eucjp_increment pg_generic_charinc
+#endif
+
+/*
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------
  * encoding info table
  * XXX must be sorted by the same order as enum pg_enc (in mb/pg_wchar.h)
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 pg_wchar_tbl pg_wchar_table[] = {
-	{pg_ascii2wchar_with_len, pg_ascii_mblen, pg_ascii_dsplen, pg_ascii_verifier, 1},	/* PG_SQL_ASCII */
-	{pg_eucjp2wchar_with_len, pg_eucjp_mblen, pg_eucjp_dsplen, pg_eucjp_verifier, 3},	/* PG_EUC_JP */
-	{pg_euccn2wchar_with_len, pg_euccn_mblen, pg_euccn_dsplen, pg_euccn_verifier, 2},	/* PG_EUC_CN */
-	{pg_euckr2wchar_with_len, pg_euckr_mblen, pg_euckr_dsplen, pg_euckr_verifier, 3},	/* PG_EUC_KR */
-	{pg_euctw2wchar_with_len, pg_euctw_mblen, pg_euctw_dsplen, pg_euctw_verifier, 4},	/* PG_EUC_TW */
-	{pg_eucjp2wchar_with_len, pg_eucjp_mblen, pg_eucjp_dsplen, pg_eucjp_verifier, 3},	/* PG_EUC_JIS_2004 */
-	{pg_utf2wchar_with_len, pg_utf_mblen, pg_utf_dsplen, pg_utf8_verifier, 4},	/* PG_UTF8 */
-	{pg_mule2wchar_with_len, pg_mule_mblen, pg_mule_dsplen, pg_mule_verifier, 4},		/* PG_MULE_INTERNAL */
-	{pg_latin12wchar_with_len, pg_latin1_mblen, pg_latin1_dsplen, pg_latin1_verifier, 1},		/* PG_LATIN1 */
-	{pg_latin12wchar_with_len, pg_latin1_mblen, pg_latin1_dsplen, pg_latin1_verifier, 1},		/* PG_LATIN2 */
-	{pg_latin12wchar_with_len, pg_latin1_mblen, pg_latin1_dsplen, pg_latin1_verifier, 1},		/* PG_LATIN3 */
-	{pg_latin12wchar_with_len, pg_latin1_mblen, pg_latin1_dsplen, pg_latin1_verifier, 1},		/* PG_LATIN4 */
-	{pg_latin12wchar_with_len, pg_latin1_mblen, pg_latin1_dsplen, pg_latin1_verifier, 1},		/* PG_LATIN5 */
-	{pg_latin12wchar_with_len, pg_latin1_mblen, pg_latin1_dsplen, pg_latin1_verifier, 1},		/* PG_LATIN6 */
-	{pg_latin12wchar_with_len, pg_latin1_mblen, pg_latin1_dsplen, pg_latin1_verifier, 1},		/* PG_LATIN7 */
-	{pg_latin12wchar_with_len, pg_latin1_mblen, pg_latin1_dsplen, pg_latin1_verifier, 1},		/* PG_LATIN8 */
-	{pg_latin12wchar_with_len, pg_latin1_mblen, pg_latin1_dsplen, pg_latin1_verifier, 1},		/* PG_LATIN9 */
-	{pg_latin12wchar_with_len, pg_latin1_mblen, pg_latin1_dsplen, pg_latin1_verifier, 1},		/* PG_LATIN10 */
-	{pg_latin12wchar_with_len, pg_latin1_mblen, pg_latin1_dsplen, pg_latin1_verifier, 1},		/* PG_WIN1256 */
-	{pg_latin12wchar_with_len, pg_latin1_mblen, pg_latin1_dsplen, pg_latin1_verifier, 1},		/* PG_WIN1258 */
-	{pg_latin12wchar_with_len, pg_latin1_mblen, pg_latin1_dsplen, pg_latin1_verifier, 1},		/* PG_WIN866 */
-	{pg_latin12wchar_with_len, pg_latin1_mblen, pg_latin1_dsplen, pg_latin1_verifier, 1},		/* PG_WIN874 */
-	{pg_latin12wchar_with_len, pg_latin1_mblen, pg_latin1_dsplen, pg_latin1_verifier, 1},		/* PG_KOI8R */
-	{pg_latin12wchar_with_len, pg_latin1_mblen, pg_latin1_dsplen, pg_latin1_verifier, 1},		/* PG_WIN1251 */
-	{pg_latin12wchar_with_len, pg_latin1_mblen, pg_latin1_dsplen, pg_latin1_verifier, 1},		/* PG_WIN1252 */
-	{pg_latin12wchar_with_len, pg_latin1_mblen, pg_latin1_dsplen, pg_latin1_verifier, 1},		/* ISO-8859-5 */
-	{pg_latin12wchar_with_len, pg_latin1_mblen, pg_latin1_dsplen, pg_latin1_verifier, 1},		/* ISO-8859-6 */
-	{pg_latin12wchar_with_len, pg_latin1_mblen, pg_latin1_dsplen, pg_latin1_verifier, 1},		/* ISO-8859-7 */
-	{pg_latin12wchar_with_len, pg_latin1_mblen, pg_latin1_dsplen, pg_latin1_verifier, 1},		/* ISO-8859-8 */
-	{pg_latin12wchar_with_len, pg_latin1_mblen, pg_latin1_dsplen, pg_latin1_verifier, 1},		/* PG_WIN1250 */
-	{pg_latin12wchar_with_len, pg_latin1_mblen, pg_latin1_dsplen, pg_latin1_verifier, 1},		/* PG_WIN1253 */
-	{pg_latin12wchar_with_len, pg_latin1_mblen, pg_latin1_dsplen, pg_latin1_verifier, 1},		/* PG_WIN1254 */
-	{pg_latin12wchar_with_len, pg_latin1_mblen, pg_latin1_dsplen, pg_latin1_verifier, 1},		/* PG_WIN1255 */
-	{pg_latin12wchar_with_len, pg_latin1_mblen, pg_latin1_dsplen, pg_latin1_verifier, 1},		/* PG_WIN1257 */
-	{pg_latin12wchar_with_len, pg_latin1_mblen, pg_latin1_dsplen, pg_latin1_verifier, 1},		/* PG_KOI8U */
-	{0, pg_sjis_mblen, pg_sjis_dsplen, pg_sjis_verifier, 2},	/* PG_SJIS */
-	{0, pg_big5_mblen, pg_big5_dsplen, pg_big5_verifier, 2},	/* PG_BIG5 */
-	{0, pg_gbk_mblen, pg_gbk_dsplen, pg_gbk_verifier, 2},		/* PG_GBK */
-	{0, pg_uhc_mblen, pg_uhc_dsplen, pg_uhc_verifier, 2},		/* PG_UHC */
-	{0, pg_gb18030_mblen, pg_gb18030_dsplen, pg_gb18030_verifier, 4},	/* PG_GB18030 */
-	{0, pg_johab_mblen, pg_johab_dsplen, pg_johab_verifier, 3}, /* PG_JOHAB */
-	{0, pg_sjis_mblen, pg_sjis_dsplen, pg_sjis_verifier, 2}		/* PG_SHIFT_JIS_2004 */
+	{pg_ascii2wchar_with_len, pg_ascii_mblen, pg_ascii_dsplen, pg_generic_charinc, pg_ascii_verifier, 1},	/* PG_SQL_ASCII */
+	{pg_eucjp2wchar_with_len, pg_eucjp_mblen, pg_eucjp_dsplen, pg_eucjp_increment, pg_eucjp_verifier, 3},	/* PG_EUC_JP */
+	{pg_euccn2wchar_with_len, pg_euccn_mblen, pg_euccn_dsplen, pg_generic_charinc, pg_euccn_verifier, 2},	/* PG_EUC_CN */
+	{pg_euckr2wchar_with_len, pg_euckr_mblen, pg_euckr_dsplen, pg_generic_charinc, pg_euckr_verifier, 3},	/* PG_EUC_KR */
+	{pg_euctw2wchar_with_len, pg_euctw_mblen, pg_euctw_dsplen, pg_generic_charinc, pg_euctw_verifier, 4},	/* PG_EUC_TW */
+	{pg_eucjp2wchar_with_len, pg_eucjp_mblen, pg_eucjp_dsplen, pg_eucjp_increment, pg_eucjp_verifier, 3},	/* PG_EUC_JIS_2004 */
+	{pg_utf2wchar_with_len, pg_utf_mblen, pg_utf_dsplen, pg_utf8_increment, pg_utf8_verifier, 4},	/* PG_UTF8 */
+	{pg_mule2wchar_with_len, pg_mule_mblen, pg_mule_dsplen, pg_generic_charinc, pg_mule_verifier, 4},		/* PG_MULE_INTERNAL */
+	{pg_latin12wchar_with_len, pg_latin1_mblen, pg_latin1_dsplen, pg_generic_charinc, pg_latin1_verifier, 1},		/* PG_LATIN1 */
+	{pg_latin12wchar_with_len, pg_latin1_mblen, pg_latin1_dsplen, pg_generic_charinc, pg_latin1_verifier, 1},		/* PG_LATIN2 */
+	{pg_latin12wchar_with_len, pg_latin1_mblen, pg_latin1_dsplen, pg_generic_charinc, pg_latin1_verifier, 1},		/* PG_LATIN3 */
+	{pg_latin12wchar_with_len, pg_latin1_mblen, pg_latin1_dsplen, pg_generic_charinc, pg_latin1_verifier, 1},		/* PG_LATIN4 */
+	{pg_latin12wchar_with_len, pg_latin1_mblen, pg_latin1_dsplen, pg_generic_charinc, pg_latin1_verifier, 1},		/* PG_LATIN5 */
+	{pg_latin12wchar_with_len, pg_latin1_mblen, pg_latin1_dsplen, pg_generic_charinc, pg_latin1_verifier, 1},		/* PG_LATIN6 */
+	{pg_latin12wchar_with_len, pg_latin1_mblen, pg_latin1_dsplen, pg_generic_charinc, pg_latin1_verifier, 1},		/* PG_LATIN7 */
+	{pg_latin12wchar_with_len, pg_latin1_mblen, pg_latin1_dsplen, pg_generic_charinc, pg_latin1_verifier, 1},		/* PG_LATIN8 */
+	{pg_latin12wchar_with_len, pg_latin1_mblen, pg_latin1_dsplen, pg_generic_charinc, pg_latin1_verifier, 1},		/* PG_LATIN9 */
+	{pg_latin12wchar_with_len, pg_latin1_mblen, pg_latin1_dsplen, pg_generic_charinc, pg_latin1_verifier, 1},		/* PG_LATIN10 */
+	{pg_latin12wchar_with_len, pg_latin1_mblen, pg_latin1_dsplen, pg_generic_charinc, pg_latin1_verifier, 1},		/* PG_WIN1256 */
+	{pg_latin12wchar_with_len, pg_latin1_mblen, pg_latin1_dsplen, pg_generic_charinc, pg_latin1_verifier, 1},		/* PG_WIN1258 */
+	{pg_latin12wchar_with_len, pg_latin1_mblen, pg_latin1_dsplen, pg_generic_charinc, pg_latin1_verifier, 1},		/* PG_WIN866 */
+	{pg_latin12wchar_with_len, pg_latin1_mblen, pg_latin1_dsplen, pg_generic_charinc, pg_latin1_verifier, 1},		/* PG_WIN874 */
+	{pg_latin12wchar_with_len, pg_latin1_mblen, pg_latin1_dsplen, pg_generic_charinc, pg_latin1_verifier, 1},		/* PG_KOI8R */
+	{pg_latin12wchar_with_len, pg_latin1_mblen, pg_latin1_dsplen, pg_generic_charinc, pg_latin1_verifier, 1},		/* PG_WIN1251 */
+	{pg_latin12wchar_with_len, pg_latin1_mblen, pg_latin1_dsplen, pg_generic_charinc, pg_latin1_verifier, 1},		/* PG_WIN1252 */
+	{pg_latin12wchar_with_len, pg_latin1_mblen, pg_latin1_dsplen, pg_generic_charinc, pg_latin1_verifier, 1},		/* ISO-8859-5 */
+	{pg_latin12wchar_with_len, pg_latin1_mblen, pg_latin1_dsplen, pg_generic_charinc, pg_latin1_verifier, 1},		/* ISO-8859-6 */
+	{pg_latin12wchar_with_len, pg_latin1_mblen, pg_latin1_dsplen, pg_generic_charinc, pg_latin1_verifier, 1},		/* ISO-8859-7 */
+	{pg_latin12wchar_with_len, pg_latin1_mblen, pg_latin1_dsplen, pg_generic_charinc, pg_latin1_verifier, 1},		/* ISO-8859-8 */
+	{pg_latin12wchar_with_len, pg_latin1_mblen, pg_latin1_dsplen, pg_generic_charinc, pg_latin1_verifier, 1},		/* PG_WIN1250 */
+	{pg_latin12wchar_with_len, pg_latin1_mblen, pg_latin1_dsplen, pg_generic_charinc, pg_latin1_verifier, 1},		/* PG_WIN1253 */
+	{pg_latin12wchar_with_len, pg_latin1_mblen, pg_latin1_dsplen, pg_generic_charinc, pg_latin1_verifier, 1},		/* PG_WIN1254 */
+	{pg_latin12wchar_with_len, pg_latin1_mblen, pg_latin1_dsplen, pg_generic_charinc, pg_latin1_verifier, 1},		/* PG_WIN1255 */
+	{pg_latin12wchar_with_len, pg_latin1_mblen, pg_latin1_dsplen, pg_generic_charinc, pg_latin1_verifier, 1},		/* PG_WIN1257 */
+	{pg_latin12wchar_with_len, pg_latin1_mblen, pg_latin1_dsplen, pg_generic_charinc, pg_latin1_verifier, 1},		/* PG_KOI8U */
+	{0, pg_sjis_mblen, pg_sjis_dsplen, pg_generic_charinc, pg_sjis_verifier, 2},	/* PG_SJIS */
+	{0, pg_big5_mblen, pg_big5_dsplen, pg_generic_charinc, pg_big5_verifier, 2},	/* PG_BIG5 */
+	{0, pg_gbk_mblen, pg_gbk_dsplen, pg_generic_charinc, pg_gbk_verifier, 2},		/* PG_GBK */
+	{0, pg_uhc_mblen, pg_uhc_dsplen, pg_generic_charinc, pg_uhc_verifier, 2},		/* PG_UHC */
+	{0, pg_gb18030_mblen, pg_gb18030_dsplen, pg_generic_charinc, pg_gb18030_verifier, 4},	/* PG_GB18030 */
+	{0, pg_johab_mblen, pg_johab_dsplen, pg_generic_charinc, pg_johab_verifier, 3}, /* PG_JOHAB */
+	{0, pg_sjis_mblen, pg_sjis_dsplen, pg_generic_charinc, pg_sjis_verifier, 2}		/* PG_SHIFT_JIS_2004 */
 };
 
 /* returns the byte length of a word for mule internal code */
@@ -1459,6 +1661,15 @@ pg_database_encoding_max_length(void)
 }
 
 /*
+ * give the character incrementer for the encoding for the current database
+ */
+character_incrementer
+pg_database_encoding_character_incrementer(void)
+{
+	return pg_wchar_table[GetDatabaseEncoding()].charinc;
+}
+
+/*
  * Verify mbstr to make sure that it is validly encoded in the current
  * database encoding.  Otherwise same as pg_verify_mbstr().
  */
diff --git a/src/include/mb/pg_wchar.h b/src/include/mb/pg_wchar.h
index 826c7af..356703a 100644
--- a/src/include/mb/pg_wchar.h
+++ b/src/include/mb/pg_wchar.h
@@ -284,6 +284,8 @@ typedef int (*mblen_converter) (const unsigned char *mbstr);
 
 typedef int (*mbdisplaylen_converter) (const unsigned char *mbstr);
 
+typedef bool (*character_incrementer) (unsigned char *mbstr, int len);
+
 typedef int (*mbverifier) (const unsigned char *mbstr, int len);
 
 typedef struct
@@ -292,6 +294,7 @@ typedef struct
 														 * string to a wchar */
 	mblen_converter mblen;		/* get byte length of a char */
 	mbdisplaylen_converter dsplen;		/* get display width of a char */
+	character_incrementer charinc;  /* Character code incrementer if not null */
 	mbverifier	mbverify;		/* verify multibyte sequence */
 	int			maxmblen;		/* max bytes for a char in this encoding */
 } pg_wchar_tbl;
@@ -389,6 +392,7 @@ extern int pg_encoding_mbcliplen(int encoding, const char *mbstr,
 extern int	pg_mbcharcliplen(const char *mbstr, int len, int imit);
 extern int	pg_encoding_max_length(int encoding);
 extern int	pg_database_encoding_max_length(void);
+extern character_incrementer pg_database_encoding_character_incrementer(void);
 
 extern int	PrepareClientEncoding(int encoding);
 extern int	SetClientEncoding(int encoding);
