Re: [BUGS] BUG #13932: German ß not a valid character in psql - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

That’s right.
But if I enter ß on the keyboard or from the clipboard,
psql takes this as 0x03 0x77 instead of 0xc3 0x97.

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Burkhardt

> Am 07.02.2016 um 12:59 schrieb John R Pierce <pierce@hogranch.com>:
>
> On 2/7/2016 3:14 AM, Burkhardt.Renz@mni.thm.de wrote:
>> Entering the german character 'ß' results in
>> ERROR:  invalid byte sequence for encoding "UTF8": 0xc3 0x77
>>
>
> C3 77 is not a valid UTF 8 code point.
>
> I believe 'ß' is 0xC3 0x9F, LATIN SMALL LETTER SHARP S
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> john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz
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