Re: PostgreSQL and character set change - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Jayadevan M
Subject Re: PostgreSQL and character set change
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Msg-id OFD55CDEC1.4FB96794-ON65257695.002ED892-65257695.002F0D15@ibsplc.com
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In response to Re: PostgreSQL and character set change  ("Albe Laurenz" <laurenz.albe@wien.gv.at>)
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Hi,
Thanks.
For anyone else who may be looking for more information, please see details on how to do it here....
http://docs.moodle.org/en/UTF-8_PostgreSQL#PostgreSQL_UTF8_Migration_How-to
Regards,
Jayadevan



From:        "Albe Laurenz" <laurenz.albe@wien.gv.at>
To:        "Jayadevan M  *EXTERN*" <Jayadevan.Maymala@ibsplc.com>, <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
Date:        12/23/2009 01:12 PM
Subject:        Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL and character set change
Sent by:        pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org




Jayadevan M wrote:
> We have a PostgreSQL server with ASCII data.  We have a
> requirement for the db to support UTF also. Which is the best
> approach -
> 1) Make a new installation, move data

This is the only and hence the best approach.
It doesn't have to be a new installation, a new database with
encoding UTF8 is enough.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe

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