Thread: Database encoding

Database encoding

From
Daniel Lucazeau
Date:
Hello,

  how can I change the encoding of a database ?
  I have read the FAQ ;-)

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Cordialement,
 Daniel                          mailto:infonews@ajornet.com



Re: Database encoding

From
Jean-Michel POURE
Date:
Le Vendredi 10 Mai 2002 15:53, Daniel Lucazeau a écrit :
> how can I change the encoding of a database ?

Dear Daniel,

Server-side database encoding is set a creation time:
CREATE DATABASE foo with encoding 'encoding_name';

You can recode the data stream on the fly client-side with:
SET CLIENT_ENCODING = 'encoding_name';

Cheers,
Jean-Michel POURE