Re: Encoding problem - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Richard Huxton
Subject Re: Encoding problem
Date
Msg-id 426677AB.9050508@archonet.com
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In response to Encoding problem  (fritz-bayer@web.de (Fritz Bayer))
List pgsql-general
Fritz Bayer wrote:
> Hi,
>
> when I enter the following SELECT into psql
> select * from mytable where data like '%ü%'
> I get a selection of a couple of rows.
> The problem is that alls the "ü" characters get displayed as "<FC>".
>
> Why is that so?

Probably something in your terminal setup. I always have endless trouble
with accented characters on the different systems I use.

> fritz
>
> BTW: I set client encoding to latin1 and the database stores data in
> utf8 and
> I'm running postgresql under the following system: PostgreSQL 7.2.1 on
> i686-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC 2.95.4

You should upgrade to the most recent 7.2.x version immediately, and I'd
recommend 8.0.x as soon as possible.

--
   Richard Huxton
   Archonet Ltd

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