Thursday, July 31, 2008

Re: [BUGS] BUG #4336: Strange behaviour for to_ascii

Hello

it's bug,

for this moment, please, try:


CREATE FUNCTION to_ascii(bytea, name)
RETURNS text AS 'to_ascii_encname' LANGUAGE internal;

postgres=# CREATE FUNCTION to_ascii(bytea, name)
postgres-# RETURNS text AS 'to_ascii_encname' LANGUAGE internal;
CREATE FUNCTION
postgres=#
postgres=# SELECT to_ascii(convert_to('Příliš žlutý kůň', 'latin2'),'latin2');
to_ascii
------------------
Prilis zluty kun
(1 row)


postgres=# SELECT
to_ascii(convert_to('école','LATIN9'),'LATIN9');
to_ascii
----------
ecole
(1 row)

Regards
Pavel Stehule

2008/7/30 Maxime Carbonneau <manitou@maikan.com>:
>
> The following bug has been logged online:
>
> Bug reference: 4336
> Logged by: Maxime Carbonneau
> Email address: manitou@maikan.com
> PostgreSQL version: 8.3.3
> Operating system: Mac OS X 10.5.4
> Description: Strange behaviour for to_ascii
> Details:
>
> With PostgreSQL 8.2.5, I used to_ascii to remove accents:
> SELECT TO_ASCII(CONVERT('école' USING utf8_to_iso_8859_15), 'latin9');
> => ecole
> With PostgreSQL 8.3.3, I had to made some changes since convert using is
> gone. I'm using: SELECT
> to_ascii(encode(convert_to('école','LATIN9'),'escape'),'LATIN9');
> but the result is
> => \351cole
>
> How can I remove accent letter with PostgreSQL 8.3.3?
>
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