problem with localization

Started by Carsten Greweover 24 years ago2 messagesgeneral
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#1Carsten Grewe
DerReisende@schatzis.org

Hi,

I'm new to pgsql and have run into the first problem. I can't persuade pgsql
to localize (German). As far as I got the manual, pgsql should recognize the
users' environment variable like LC_NUMERIC etc. and adjust the output
accordingly. Unfortunately the output (using psql) is always the same: date
in iso format and numbers with decimal point instead of the required comma.
Pgsql has been compiled with locale enabled and I have made sure that the
environment variables are set correctly (de_DE@euro, I also tried de_DE).
What did I forget?

Thanks
Carsten

#2Tom Lane
tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us
In reply to: Carsten Grewe (#1)
Re: problem with localization

Carsten Grewe <DerReisende@schatzis.org> writes:

I'm new to pgsql and have run into the first problem. I can't persuade pgsql
to localize (German).

It sounds like you are setting the locale in psql's environment. But
what you have to set is the server's locale.

Also, in recent releases LC_COLLATE and LC_CTYPE are locked down at
initdb time; you can't change them just by restarting the postmaster.

regards, tom lane