CREATE [DEFAULT] CONVERSION conversion_name
FOR source_encoding TO dest_encoding FROM funcname
CREATE CONVERSION defines a new encoding conversion. Conversion names may be used in the CONVERT() function to specify a particular encoding conversion. Also, conversions that are marked DEFAULT can be used for automatic encoding conversion between frontend and backend. For this purpose, two conversions, from encoding A to B AND from encoding B to A, must be defined.
To be able to create a conversion, you must have the execute right on the function and the create right on the destination schema.
Parameters
The DEFAULT clause indicates that this conversion is the default for this particular source to destination encoding. There should be only one default encoding in a schema for the encoding pair.
The name of the conversion. The conversion name may be schema-qualified. If it is not, the conversion is defined in the current schema. The conversion name must be unique within a schema.
The source encoding name.
The destination encoding name.
The function used to perform the conversion. The function name may be schema-qualified. If it is not, the function will be looked up in the path.
The function must have the following signature:
conv_proc(
INTEGER, -- source encoding id
INTEGER, -- destination encoding id
CSTRING, -- source string (null terminated C string)
INTERNAL, -- destination (fill with a null terminated C string)
INTEGER -- source string length
) returns VOID;
Use DROP CONVERSION to remove user-defined conversions.
The privileges required to create a conversion may be changed in a future release.
To create a conversion from encoding UNICODE to LATIN1 using
myfunc:
CREATE CONVERSION myconv FOR 'UNICODE' TO 'LATIN1' FROM myfunc;