Historical version. PostgreSQL 8.2 has reached end of support. See the current manual.
Chapter 21. Localization
- Table of Contents
- 21.1. Locale Support
- 21.2. Character Set Support
- 21.2.1. Supported Character Sets
- 21.2.2. Setting the Character Set
- 21.2.3. Automatic Character Set Conversion Between Server and Client
- 21.2.4. Further Reading
This chapter describes the available localization features from the point of view of the administrator. PostgreSQL supports localization with two approaches:
Using the locale features of the operating system to provide locale-specific collation order, number formatting, translated messages, and other aspects.
Providing a number of different character sets defined in the PostgreSQL server, including multiple-byte character sets, to support storing text in all kinds of languages, and providing character set translation between client and server.
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