</para>
</sect1>
+ <sect1 id="infoschema-character-sets">
+ <title><literal>character_sets</literal></title>
+
+ <para>
+ The view <literal>character_sets</literal> identifies the character
+ sets available in the current database. Since PostgreSQL does not
+ support multiple character sets within one database, this view only
+ shows one, which is the database encoding.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Take note of how the following terms are used in the SQL standard:
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>character repertoire</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ An abstract collection of characters, for
+ example <literal>UNICODE</literal>, <literal>UCS</literal>, or
+ <literal>LATIN1</literal>. Not exposed as an SQL object, but
+ visible in this view.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>character encoding form</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ 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., <literal>LATIN1</literal> is an
+ encoding form applicable to the <literal>LATIN1</literal>
+ repertoire). But for example Unicode has the encoding forms
+ <literal>UTF8</literal>, <literal>UTF16</literal>, etc. (not
+ all supported by PostgreSQL). Encoding forms are not exposed
+ as an SQL object, but are visible in this view.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>character set</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ 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 <literal>UTF8</literal> would typically identify
+ the character repertoire <literal>UCS</literal>, encoding
+ form <literal>UTF8</literal>, and some default collation.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ You can think of an <quote>encoding</quote> 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.
+ </para>
+
+ <table>
+ <title><literal>character_sets</literal> Columns</title>
+
+ <tgroup cols="3">
+ <thead>
+ <row>
+ <entry>Name</entry>
+ <entry>Data Type</entry>
+ <entry>Description</entry>
+ </row>
+ </thead>
+
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>character_set_catalog</literal></entry>
+ <entry><literal>sql_identifier</literal></entry>
+ <entry>Character sets are currently not implemented as schema objects, so this column is null.</entry>
+ </row>
+
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>character_set_schema</literal></entry>
+ <entry><literal>sql_identifier</literal></entry>
+ <entry>Character sets are currently not implemented as schema objects, so this column is null.</entry>
+ </row>
+
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>character_set_name</literal></entry>
+ <entry><literal>sql_identifier</literal></entry>
+ <entry>Name of the character set, currently implemented as showing the name of the database encoding</entry>
+ </row>
+
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>character_repertoire</literal></entry>
+ <entry><literal>sql_identifier</literal></entry>
+ <entry>Character repertoire, showing <literal>UCS</literal> if the encoding is <literal>UTF8</literal>, else just the encoding name</entry>
+ </row>
+
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>form_of_use</literal></entry>
+ <entry><literal>sql_identifier</literal></entry>
+ <entry>Character encoding form, same as the database encoding</entry>
+ </row>
+
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>default_collate_catalog</literal></entry>
+ <entry><literal>sql_identifier</literal></entry>
+ <entry>Name of the database containing the default collation (always the current database, if any collation is identified)</entry>
+ </row>
+
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>default_collate_schema</literal></entry>
+ <entry><literal>sql_identifier</literal></entry>
+ <entry>Name of the schema containing the default collation</entry>
+ </row>
+
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>default_collate_name</literal></entry>
+ <entry><literal>sql_identifier</literal></entry>
+ <entry>
+ Name of the default collation. The default collation is
+ identified as the collation that matches
+ the <literal>COLLATE</literal> and <literal>CTYPE</literal>
+ settings of the current database. If there is no such
+ collation, then this column and the associated schema and
+ catalog columns are null.
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </table>
+ </sect1>
+
<sect1 id="infoschema-check-constraint-routine-usage">
<title><literal>check_constraint_routine_usage</literal></title>
</table>
</sect1>
+ <sect1 id="infoschema-collations">
+ <title><literal>collations</literal></title>
+
+ <para>
+ The view <literal>collations</literal> contains the collations
+ available in the current database.
+ </para>
+
+ <table>
+ <title><literal>collations</literal> Columns</title>
+
+ <tgroup cols="3">
+ <thead>
+ <row>
+ <entry>Name</entry>
+ <entry>Data Type</entry>
+ <entry>Description</entry>
+ </row>
+ </thead>
+
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>collation_catalog</literal></entry>
+ <entry><literal>sql_identifier</literal></entry>
+ <entry>Name of the database containing the collation (always the current database)</entry>
+ </row>
+
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>collation_schema</literal></entry>
+ <entry><literal>sql_identifier</literal></entry>
+ <entry>Name of the schema containing the collation</entry>
+ </row>
+
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>collation_name</literal></entry>
+ <entry><literal>sql_identifier</literal></entry>
+ <entry>Name of the default collation</entry>
+ </row>
+
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>pad_attribute</literal></entry>
+ <entry><literal>character_data</literal></entry>
+ <entry>
+ Always <literal>NO PAD</literal> (The alternative <literal>PAD
+ SPACE</literal> is not supported by PostgreSQL.)
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </table>
+ </sect1>
+
+ <sect1 id="infoschema-collation-character-set-applicability">
+ <title><literal>collation_character_set_applicability</literal></title>
+
+ <para>
+ The view <literal>collation_character_set_applicability</literal>
+ identifies which character set the available collations are
+ applicable to. In PostgreSQL, there is only one character set per
+ database (see explanation
+ in <xref linkend="infoschema-character-sets">), so this view does
+ not provide much useful information.
+ </para>
+
+ <table>
+ <title><literal>collation_character_set_applicability</literal> Columns</title>
+
+ <tgroup cols="3">
+ <thead>
+ <row>
+ <entry>Name</entry>
+ <entry>Data Type</entry>
+ <entry>Description</entry>
+ </row>
+ </thead>
+
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>collation_catalog</literal></entry>
+ <entry><literal>sql_identifier</literal></entry>
+ <entry>Name of the database containing the collation (always the current database)</entry>
+ </row>
+
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>collation_schema</literal></entry>
+ <entry><literal>sql_identifier</literal></entry>
+ <entry>Name of the schema containing the collation</entry>
+ </row>
+
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>collation_name</literal></entry>
+ <entry><literal>sql_identifier</literal></entry>
+ <entry>Name of the default collation</entry>
+ </row>
+
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>character_set_catalog</literal></entry>
+ <entry><literal>sql_identifier</literal></entry>
+ <entry>Character sets are currently not implemented as schema objects, so this column is null</entry>
+ </row>
+
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>character_set_schema</literal></entry>
+ <entry><literal>sql_identifier</literal></entry>
+ <entry>Character sets are currently not implemented as schema objects, so this column is null</entry>
+ </row>
+
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>character_set_name</literal></entry>
+ <entry><literal>sql_identifier</literal></entry>
+ <entry>Name of the character set</entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </table>
+ </sect1>
+
<sect1 id="infoschema-column-domain-usage">
<title><literal>column_domain_usage</literal></title>
* CHARACTER_SETS view
*/
--- feature not supported
+CREATE VIEW character_sets AS
+ SELECT CAST(null AS sql_identifier) AS character_set_catalog,
+ CAST(null AS sql_identifier) AS character_set_schema,
+ CAST(getdatabaseencoding() AS sql_identifier) AS character_set_name,
+ CAST(CASE WHEN getdatabaseencoding() = 'UTF8' THEN 'UCS' ELSE getdatabaseencoding() END AS sql_identifier) AS character_repertoire,
+ CAST(getdatabaseencoding() AS sql_identifier) AS form_of_use,
+ CAST(current_database() AS sql_identifier) AS default_collate_catalog,
+ CAST(nc.nspname AS sql_identifier) AS default_collate_schema,
+ CAST(c.collname AS sql_identifier) AS default_collate_name
+ FROM pg_database d
+ LEFT JOIN (pg_collation c JOIN pg_namespace nc ON (c.collnamespace = nc.oid))
+ ON (datcollate = collcollate AND datctype = collctype)
+ WHERE d.datname = current_database()
+ ORDER BY char_length(c.collname) DESC, c.collname ASC -- prefer full/canonical name
+ LIMIT 1;
+
+GRANT SELECT ON character_sets TO PUBLIC;
/*
* COLLATIONS view
*/
--- feature not supported
+CREATE VIEW collations AS
+ SELECT CAST(current_database() AS sql_identifier) AS collation_catalog,
+ CAST(nc.nspname AS sql_identifier) AS collation_schema,
+ CAST(c.collname AS sql_identifier) AS collation_name,
+ CAST('NO PAD' AS character_data) AS pad_attribute
+ FROM pg_collation c, pg_namespace nc
+ WHERE c.collnamespace = nc.oid
+ AND collencoding = (SELECT encoding FROM pg_catalog.pg_database WHERE datname = pg_catalog.current_database());
+
+GRANT SELECT ON collations TO PUBLIC;
+
/*
* 5.16
* COLLATION_CHARACTER_SET_APPLICABILITY view
*/
--- feature not supported
+CREATE VIEW collation_character_set_applicability AS
+ SELECT CAST(current_database() AS sql_identifier) AS collation_catalog,
+ CAST(nc.nspname AS sql_identifier) AS collation_schema,
+ CAST(c.collname AS sql_identifier) AS collation_name,
+ CAST(null AS sql_identifier) AS character_set_catalog,
+ CAST(null AS sql_identifier) AS character_set_schema,
+ CAST(getdatabaseencoding() AS sql_identifier) AS character_set_name
+ FROM pg_collation c, pg_namespace nc
+ WHERE c.collnamespace = nc.oid
+ AND collencoding = (SELECT encoding FROM pg_catalog.pg_database WHERE datname = pg_catalog.current_database());
+
+GRANT SELECT ON collation_character_set_applicability TO PUBLIC;
/*