Re: client_encoding directive is ignored in postgresql.conf

Tom Lane wrote:
> Tatsuo Ishii <t-ishii(at)sra(dot)co(dot)jp> writes:
> > + /* Flag to we need to initialize client encoding info */
> > + static bool need_to_init_client_encoding = -1;
>
> Surely that should be int, not bool.
>
> > ! if (!PQsendQuery(conn, "begin; select pg_client_encoding(); commit"))
>
> Doesn't this break compatibility with pre-7.2 databases? AFAICT that
> function was introduced in 7.2.

I haven't seen this patch applied. If this is the best way to fix the
bug, we may as well break libpq for pre-7.2 clients.

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