encoding and parser: error?

Hi list

I am working with postgresql 7.1.3 and 7.3.4 and German characters. I
use only unicode databases.

When importing data from iso-latin-1 via psql I tried

drop table test;
create table test(nr int, text1 text, text2 text) ;
set client_encoding to 'latin1';
insert into test values(0,'these are all','German characters');
insert into test values(1,'--','abcäöüÄÖÜß');
insert into test values(2,'we insert','one German character');
insert into test values(3,'e.g.','ö');
insert into test values(4,'we insert','two German character');
insert into test values(5,'e.g.','öü');

so far ok, but when I try

insert into test values(6,'we insert','a very special address');
insert into test values(7,'----','6 /6,Basinköy');

I got the prompt like
test1'#
telling me that some ' seems missing.

When I ignore that and continue

insert into test values(8,'again','two German characters');
insert into test values(9,'e.g.','öü');
select * from test;

everything seems OK !!

Moreover, when I use the metacommand

/encoding latin1
instead of the "set client_encoding" SQLcommand (which should be
equivalent,
everything goes OK right from the beginning.

Why? Some parser error?

Thank you for your help.

Regards,

Hubert

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