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From Ben K.
Subject running initdb on running database
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Msg-id Pine.GSO.4.64.0611131502290.1474@coe.tamu.edu
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Responses Re: running initdb on running database  ("Jim C. Nasby" <jim@nasby.net>)
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Admins,

I'm reading this post:

http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-novice/2005-04/msg00221.php

Is it possible and safe to run initdb again on a running database to
change encoding from SQL_ASCII to UTF8?

Will it affect new databases only or existing databases as well?



Thanks.

Ben K.
Developer
http://benix.tamu.edu

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