-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_conversion.sgml,v 1.15 2005/03/07 04:30:51 momjian Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_conversion.sgml,v 1.16 2005/05/03 19:17:59 tgl Exp $ -->
<refentry id="SQL-CREATECONVERSION">
<refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>CREATE CONVERSION</refname>
- <refpurpose>define a new conversion</refpurpose>
+ <refpurpose>define a new encoding conversion</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<indexterm zone="sql-createconversion">
<title>Description</title>
<para>
- <command>CREATE CONVERSION</command> defines a new encoding
- conversion. Conversion names may be used in the <function>convert</function> function
+ <command>CREATE CONVERSION</command> defines a new conversion between
+ character set encodings. Conversion names may be used in the
+ <function>convert</function> function
to specify a particular encoding conversion. Also, conversions that
- are marked <literal>DEFAULT</> can be used for automatic encoding conversion between
+ are marked <literal>DEFAULT</> can be used for automatic encoding
+ conversion between
client and server. For this purpose, two conversions, from encoding A to
B <emphasis>and</emphasis> from encoding B to A, must be defined.
</para>
integer, -- source encoding ID
integer, -- destination encoding ID
cstring, -- source string (null terminated C string)
- cstring, -- destination string (null terminated C string)
+ internal, -- destination (fill with a null terminated C string)
integer -- source string length
) RETURNS void;
</programlisting>
*
*
* IDENTIFICATION
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/commands/conversioncmds.c,v 1.17 2005/04/14 20:03:23 tgl Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/commands/conversioncmds.c,v 1.18 2005/05/03 19:17:59 tgl Exp $
*
*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
const char *from_encoding_name = stmt->for_encoding_name;
const char *to_encoding_name = stmt->to_encoding_name;
List *func_name = stmt->func_name;
- static Oid funcargs[] = {INT4OID, INT4OID, CSTRINGOID, CSTRINGOID, INT4OID};
+ static Oid funcargs[] = {INT4OID, INT4OID, CSTRINGOID, INTERNALOID, INT4OID};
/* Convert list of names to a name and namespace */
namespaceId = QualifiedNameGetCreationNamespace(stmt->conversion_name,
# Makefile for utils/mb/conversion_procs
#
# IDENTIFICATION
-# $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/utils/mb/conversion_procs/Makefile,v 1.13 2005/03/14 18:31:21 momjian Exp $
+# $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/utils/mb/conversion_procs/Makefile,v 1.14 2005/05/03 19:17:59 tgl Exp $
#
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
func=$$1; shift; \
obj=$$1; shift; \
echo "-- $$se --> $$de"; \
- echo "CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION $$func (INTEGER, INTEGER, CSTRING, CSTRING, INTEGER) RETURNS VOID AS '$$"libdir"/$$obj', '$$func' LANGUAGE 'c' STRICT;"; \
+ echo "CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION $$func (INTEGER, INTEGER, CSTRING, INTERNAL, INTEGER) RETURNS VOID AS '$$"libdir"/$$obj', '$$func' LANGUAGE 'c' STRICT;"; \
echo "DROP CONVERSION pg_catalog.$$name;"; \
echo "CREATE DEFAULT CONVERSION pg_catalog.$$name FOR '$$se' TO '$$de' FROM $$func;"; \
done > $@