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> Hi.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "bh yuan" <bhyuan@gmail.com>
>
>> hi
>>
>> I used Postgresql7.4.3 with php for more than 3years.
>> Now I want to change my database to Postgresql8.3.
>> But I occur such problem
>> ----------------------------------------------------------
>> ERROR: character 0xe9ab99 of encoding "UTF8" has no equivalent in "SJIS"
>> ERROR: character 0xe9ab99 of encoding "UTF8" has no equivalent in
>> "SHIFT_JIS_2004"
>> ----------------------------------------------------------
>> The database was encoded by UTF-8,
>
> It SERVER_ENCODING=UTF-8 is Ok.
>
>> to export data as .csv file,
>> I use set client_encoding='SJIS' at client.
>
> No, you should use UTF-8 of default.
>
>> When I use Postgresql7.4.3,no problem occur,
>
> It seems that it has loose check....
>
>> but after I chaged to Postgresql8.3 ,the error was occured.
>>
>> Can I ignore the error message ?
>> or any othe method to solve this problem.
>
> "0xe9ab99" which you use is famous UNICODE.
> Then, An error is right. (not SJIS)
>
> Regards,
> Hiroshi Saito