> I have batch files with entries such as
>
> INSERT INTO country VALUES (248,'ALA','AX','Åland Islands');
> INSERT INTO country VALUES (384,'CIV','CI','Côte d\'Ivoire');
>
> I tried to execute them using "pgsql \i filename.sql"
>
> Unfortunately, I keep getting an error message:
> "ERROR: invalid byte sequence for encoding "UNICODE": 0xc56c"
>
> How can that be possible?
> My database is set to encoding "UNICODE" and so are the batchfiles.
>
> Why does that not work?
I bet your batch file is not encoded in UNICODE (UTF-8).
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Tatsuo Ishii