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+DROP FUNCTION IF EXISTS public.decode_cp850(text);
+CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION public.decode_cp850(text)
+RETURNS text AS
+$BODY$
+ SELECT CASE WHEN $1 ~ '[^\x01-\x7F]' THEN cp850_to_utf8($1) ELSE $1 END;
+$BODY$
+LANGUAGE sql IMMUTABLE;
+
+--
+
+DROP FUNCTION IF EXISTS public.encode_cp850(text);
+CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION public.encode_cp850(text)
+RETURNS text AS
+$BODY$
+ SELECT CASE WHEN $1 ~ '[^\x01-\x7F]' THEN utf8_to_cp850($1) ELSE $1 END;
+$BODY$
+LANGUAGE sql IMMUTABLE;