Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net> writes:
>>> looking in my freshly installed 8.3.3, I see this in the postgresql.conf
>>> #client_encoding = sql_ascii # actually, defaults to database
>>> # encoding
> But isn't putting a default that is likely to be wrong just encouraging people
> to set it to something more permanent as an attempt to "correct" this?
Huh? We *aren't* putting in a default.
This conversation is beginning to suggest to me that client_encoding
shouldn't be listed in postgresql.conf at all.
regards, tom lane