Re: speaks psql unicode? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From John DeSoi
Subject Re: speaks psql unicode?
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Msg-id 0A257D4B-66B0-11D9-B2D0-000A95B03262@pgedit.com
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In response to speaks psql unicode?  (Thomas Chille <thomas.chille@gmail.com>)
List pgsql-general
On Jan 10, 2005, at 10:20 AM, Thomas Chille wrote:

> if i try to import data via SQL-Inserts (exported with pgManager) out
> from an utf-8 file i get always parse errors in the first line.
>
> After switching to ascii and using of SET client_encoding TO 'latin1'
> i can import all lines, but some unicode-characters are, like
> expected, damaged.
>
> Now my question: Can psql process Unicodefiles?

Sure. Try this at the top of your file:

\encoding UNICODE

I think you could also set the ENCODING variable on the command line
with the -v option.


John DeSoi, Ph.D.
http://pgedit.com/
Power Tools for PostgreSQL


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