[db-wg] Proposal to allow UTF8

Hi all,

On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 12:46:25PM +0000, Shane Kerr wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Apr 2015 12:18:04 +0200
> Piotr Strzyzewski <Piotr.Strzyzewski at polsl.pl> wrote:
> 
> > Proposal:
> > I propose to allow UTF8 in all free text attributes of all DB objects
> > except in primary keys.
> 
> I think it makes sense.
> <snip>
> 
> Personally I think it could be used for primary keys too, but that can
> always be added later.

Allowing UTF8 in datafields helps with the issues that Piotr mentioned,
there is a big benefit for all if you can accurately input your personal
name or company address. 

On the other hand lots of primary keys are used by computer programs
that don't care about such data. They just need to expand AS-Королевство
into a set of prefixes. wait, maybe it is easier to just leave that as
AS-KINGDOM. :-)

I think it is best to leave primary keys untouched as they are today.

The proposal as set forth by Pitor will benefit humans, and it is my
assessment that it does not harm existing computer programs.

Kind regards,

Job