From: | Scott Eade <seade(at)backstagetech(dot)com(dot)au> |
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To: | pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Converting from LATIN1 to UNICODE encoding? |
Date: | 2005-09-21 08:16:31 |
Message-ID: | 433116DF.7050108@backstagetech.com.au |
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I have a database that was created using the LATIN1 encoding.
Is it necessary for me to convert the database to some other encoding
(e.g. UNICODE) before I can store non-LATIN1 characters or does
PostgreSQL catch these and encode them somehow?
I have actually been attempting to convert a database by doing a pg_dump
(from the LATIN1 database) followed by a pg_restore (to one created with
the UNICODE encoding). Seemed to work with a sparsely populated 8.0.3
database, but I am running into all sorts of problems with 7.3.10 (e.g.
corrupted database followed by corrupted pg_clog).
What about JDBC, how does it know the encoding of the data I throw at
it? I guess I should ask this last question on the JDBC list.
Thanks in advance for any comments.
Scott
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