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From Lew
Subject Re: Best practice for: ERROR: invalid byte sequence for encoding "UTF8"
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In response to Re: Best practice for: ERROR: invalid byte sequence for encoding "UTF8"  ("Phoenix Kiula" <phoenix.kiula@gmail.com>)
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Phoenix Kiula wrote:
> I am not advocating what others should do. But I know what I need my
> DB to do. If I want it to store data that does not match puritanical
> standards of textual storage, then it should allow me to...

Instead you want it to store tyrannically-chosen alternatives to the user's
invalid input without regard for their intent.

Calling rejection of invalid input "puritanical" is not an engineering evaluation.

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Lew

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