Hi, Marcelo,
Marcelo . wrote:
> I receive the error msg:
> ERROR: invalid UTF-8 byte sequence detected near byte
> 0xf1
>
> Isn't UTF-8 the same as UNICODE where it encapsulates
> all other coding schemes including latin9?
Yes, it is.
But it seems that your client and the server disagree on the encoding
they use.
I think the problem is that your client (psql, I presume) uses latin9 to
communicate with the server, but the server assumes the client uses utf8.
in psql, you can use \encoding to show the encoding psql uses, and "show
client_encoding;" to show the encoding the server thinks the client uses.
Try one of:
SET client_encoding TO LATIN9; -- Tell server: client uses latin9
\encoding LATIN9; -- Set clients encoding
You can also set UTF-8 here, the server will convert between the client
and database encoding (but it needs to know).
HTH,
Markus
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