Re[2]: [GENERAL] PG 9.4.4 issue on French Windows 32 bits - Mailing list pgsql-general

On 07/08/2015 08:40 AM, Thierry Hauchard wrote:
> There is NO problem on 64 bits machines with PG 64 bits.
> (We have not try PG 32 bits on 64 bits machine.)
> There IS problem on all 32 bits machine with PG 32 bits

Further thought, are the 32bit and 64bit Windows in the same version of
Windows or different?

>
> All databases are encoded on PG in UTF8
>
> We set that on all connexions :
> SET CLIENT_ENCODING TO WIN1252;
> SET bytea_output TO escape;
> SET standard_conforming_strings TO false;
>
> I don't use psql. So i don't anderstand when i must type "\encoding
> win1252".
> if i use psql on the test 9.4.4 database and type "\encoding win1252",
> nothing happens
> If then i try a simple query updating string with "\\", value is stored
> If i do same thing with some accentuated char : "\\éà", there are NOT
> updated in database, and no error (and nothing in PG log)
> If i do that from PG_Admin, it works
> If i type "SET CLIENT_ENCODING TO WIN1252;", psql return error : invalid
> byte sequence for encoding "UTF8": 0xe9 0x71 0x75
> If i do that from PG_Admin, it works
> If i type "SET CLIENT_ENCODING TO WIN1252" (without ";"), it works
>
> I don't see any coherent things ! :(
>
> Thanks,
> --
> Thierry
> Gesteam
>
> Le 08/07/2015 15:20, Adrian Klaver a écrit :
>> On 07/08/2015 01:04 AM, Thierry Hauchard wrote:
>>> Hy,
>>>
>>> We can't upgrade our customers from 8.4 to 9.4.4 if they have a 32 bits
>>> server machine (Windows 2008, 2007...).
>>> There is no problem with PG 64 bits.
>>
>> Except below you say only for majority of 64bit machines, so are the
>> problems when they occur the same as you are seeing on the 32bit
>> machines?
>>
>>>
>>> When restoring from backup (created from 8.4 database with PG_Dump
>>> 9.4.4), the log shows errors about UTF like :
>>> 2015-07-07 17:03:35 CEST ERREUR: séquence d'octets invalide pour
>>> l'encodage « UTF8 » : 0xf4 0x6c 0x65 0x20
>>
>> So what is the database encoding in the 8.4 instances?
>>
>>>
>>> Using our application, using win_1252 client_encoding, get similar
>>> error if we try to update record with a "\" in any string :
>>
>> So what happens if you use psql and do:
>>
>> \encoding win_1252
>>
>> and then run the query below?
>>
>>>
>>> UPDATE test_table SET str_field = '\\' WHERE id = 75160909
>>> -> ERROR: invalid byte sequence for encoding "UTF8": 0xee 0x6e 0x65
>>>
>>> The same query work from PG_Admin (UTF8 encoding)
>>
>> Make me think you had database in an encoding other then UTF8 previously.
>>
>>>
>>> Our technicien install PG cluster exactly the same way.
>>> We have tried on 3 differents 32 bits machine, same issue
>>> No issue on 64bits machine (majority of our customers). All works
>>> perfectly.
>>> We have never had any problem with PG 8.4 for long years
>>>
>>> Is there a way to turn-over ?
>>> Or need to wait upgrade ?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Thierry Hauchard
>>> Gesteam
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
>


--
Adrian Klaver
adrian.klaver@aklaver.com


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