Re: could not determine encoding for locale "et_EE.UTF-8": codeset is "CPUTF-8" in pg_restore

On 3/29/20 12:56 AM, Andrus wrote:
> Hi!
>
>>> System Locale:             et;Eesti
>>> Input Locale:              et;Eesti
>> Hmm, I was expecting to see et_EE though I will admit to not truly
>> understanding how Windows does locales.
>> I should have asked earlier, in the Postgres instance on Windows what
>> does \l show for template0?

I rarely use Windows anymore so take the below with that in mind.

>
> "D:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\12\bin\psql"  postgres postgres
>
> psql (12.2)
> WARNING: Console code page (775) differs from Windows code page (1257)
>         8-bit characters might not work correctly. See psql reference
>         page "Notes for Windows users" for details.

There seems to a difference of opinion of what Baltic Code Page to use:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_page_775

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows-1257

The post below shows a users method of dealing with this for another CP:

https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/549275CC.4010607%40gmail.com

> Type "help" for help.
>
> postgres=# \l template0
>                                            List of databases
>   Name    |  Owner   | Encoding |        Collate        |         Ctype
> |   Access privileges
> -----------+----------+----------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------
>
> template0 | postgres | UTF8     | Estonian_Estonia.1257 |
> Estonian_Estonia.1257 | =c/postgres          +
>           |          |          |                       | |

I'm guessing it is picking up Estonian_Estonia.1257 from the system.

The Windows Postgres instance was installed from the EDB installer?

> postgres=CTc/postgres
> (1 row)
>
> Andrus.

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