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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/html/infoschema-character-sets.html b/doc/src/sgml/html/infoschema-character-sets.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ea75a22 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/src/sgml/html/infoschema-character-sets.html @@ -0,0 +1,86 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?> +<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>37.7. character_sets</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="stylesheet.css" /><link rev="made" href="pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot" /><link rel="prev" href="infoschema-attributes.html" title="37.6. attributes" /><link rel="next" href="infoschema-check-constraint-routine-usage.html" title="37.8. check_constraint_routine_usage" /></head><body id="docContent" class="container-fluid col-10"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="5" align="center">37.7. <code class="literal">character_sets</code></th></tr><tr><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="infoschema-attributes.html" title="37.6. attributes">Prev</a> </td><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="u" href="information-schema.html" title="Chapter 37. 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Since PostgreSQL does not + support multiple character sets within one database, this view only + shows one, which is the database encoding. + </p><p> + Take note of how the following terms are used in the SQL standard: + </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term">character repertoire</span></dt><dd><p> + An abstract collection of characters, for + example <code class="literal">UNICODE</code>, <code class="literal">UCS</code>, or + <code class="literal">LATIN1</code>. Not exposed as an SQL object, but + visible in this view. + </p></dd><dt><span class="term">character encoding form</span></dt><dd><p> + An encoding of some character repertoire. Most older character + repertoires only use one encoding form, and so there are no + separate names for them (e.g., <code class="literal">LATIN1</code> is an + encoding form applicable to the <code class="literal">LATIN1</code> + repertoire). But for example Unicode has the encoding forms + <code class="literal">UTF8</code>, <code class="literal">UTF16</code>, etc. (not + all supported by PostgreSQL). Encoding forms are not exposed + as an SQL object, but are visible in this view. + </p></dd><dt><span class="term">character set</span></dt><dd><p> + A named SQL object that identifies a character repertoire, a + character encoding, and a default collation. A predefined + character set would typically have the same name as an encoding + form, but users could define other names. For example, the + character set <code class="literal">UTF8</code> would typically identify + the character repertoire <code class="literal">UCS</code>, encoding + form <code class="literal">UTF8</code>, and some default collation. + </p></dd></dl></div><p> + + You can think of an <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">encoding</span>”</span> in PostgreSQL either as + a character set or a character encoding form. They will have the + same name, and there can only be one in one database. + </p><div class="table" id="id-1.7.6.11.4"><p class="title"><strong>Table 37.5. <code class="structname">character_sets</code> Columns</strong></p><div class="table-contents"><table class="table" summary="character_sets Columns" border="1"><colgroup><col /></colgroup><thead><tr><th class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition"> + Column Type + </p> + <p> + Description + </p></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition"> + <code class="structfield">character_set_catalog</code> <code class="type">sql_identifier</code> + </p> + <p> + Character sets are currently not implemented as schema objects, so this column is null. + </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition"> + <code class="structfield">character_set_schema</code> <code class="type">sql_identifier</code> + </p> + <p> + Character sets are currently not implemented as schema objects, so this column is null. + </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition"> + <code class="structfield">character_set_name</code> <code class="type">sql_identifier</code> + </p> + <p> + Name of the character set, currently implemented as showing the name of the database encoding + </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition"> + <code class="structfield">character_repertoire</code> <code class="type">sql_identifier</code> + </p> + <p> + Character repertoire, showing <code class="literal">UCS</code> if the encoding is <code class="literal">UTF8</code>, else just the encoding name + </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition"> + <code class="structfield">form_of_use</code> <code class="type">sql_identifier</code> + </p> + <p> + Character encoding form, same as the database encoding + </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition"> + <code class="structfield">default_collate_catalog</code> <code class="type">sql_identifier</code> + </p> + <p> + Name of the database containing the default collation (always the current database, if any collation is identified) + </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition"> + <code class="structfield">default_collate_schema</code> <code class="type">sql_identifier</code> + </p> + <p> + Name of the schema containing the default collation + </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition"> + <code class="structfield">default_collate_name</code> <code class="type">sql_identifier</code> + </p> + <p> + Name of the default collation. The default collation is + identified as the collation that matches + the <code class="literal">COLLATE</code> and <code class="literal">CTYPE</code> + settings of the current database. If there is no such + collation, then this column and the associated schema and + catalog columns are null. + </p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br class="table-break" /></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="infoschema-attributes.html" title="37.6. attributes">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="information-schema.html" title="Chapter 37. 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