Inconsistent Conversion Names

I thought you had named the conversion functions after the IANA names. I
found the following inconsistencies, however:

sjis should be shift_jis

The conversion named "SJIS" is different from IANA's "shift_jis". It
actually matches "Windows-31J" in IANA, which is too ugly to being
emploied as our conversion name, IMO.

win1250 should be windows_1250 (similarly 866, 1251)

I agree with win1250 -> windows_1250, win1251 -> windows_1251, but do
not agree with renaming win866. There's no windows_866 in IANA. Maybe
that should be "ibm866"?

koi8r should be koi8_r

Someone said that the conversion table is actually koi8r + koi8u,
being different from IANA's koi8_r. Not sure though.
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Tatsuo Ishii

Tatsuo Ishii writes:

The conversion named "SJIS" is different from IANA's "shift_jis". It
actually matches "Windows-31J" in IANA, which is too ugly to being
emploied as our conversion name, IMO.

OK

I agree with win1250 -> windows_1250, win1251 -> windows_1251, but do
not agree with renaming win866. There's no windows_866 in IANA. Maybe
that should be "ibm866"?

Is it ibm866 or are you wondering yourself?

Someone said that the conversion table is actually koi8r + koi8u,
being different from IANA's koi8_r. Not sure though.

I found mention in the archives by Oleg B. that it is in fact koi8_r.

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Peter Eisentraut peter_e@gmx.net

On Thu, 19 Sep 2002, Peter Eisentraut wrote:

Tatsuo Ishii writes:

The conversion named "SJIS" is different from IANA's "shift_jis". It
actually matches "Windows-31J" in IANA, which is too ugly to being
emploied as our conversion name, IMO.

OK

I agree with win1250 -> windows_1250, win1251 -> windows_1251, but do
not agree with renaming win866. There's no windows_866 in IANA. Maybe
that should be "ibm866"?

Is it ibm866 or are you wondering yourself?

it's a total mess. I know CP866, CP-866,IBM866,IBM_866
IANA isn't a standard but a recommendation.
glibc uses name mangling, so KOI8-R -> koi8r

Someone said that the conversion table is actually koi8r + koi8u,
being different from IANA's koi8_r. Not sure though.

I found mention in the archives by Oleg B. that it is in fact koi8_r.

on my system (linux) I have ru_RU.KOI8-R locale.

Regards,
Oleg
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Oleg Bartunov writes:

Someone said that the conversion table is actually koi8r + koi8u,
being different from IANA's koi8_r. Not sure though.

I found mention in the archives by Oleg B. that it is in fact koi8_r.

on my system (linux) I have ru_RU.KOI8-R locale.

We're not talking about your system. :-)

Do you know whether PostgreSQL's conversion tables cover koi8-r or koi8-u
or both? The documentation contains contradicting information about that.
Actually, since we use the officially provided Unicode conversion tables,
we should know what they cover.

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Peter Eisentraut peter_e@gmx.net