Thread: encoding problem when creating a database
I get this message when it fails to create a new database encoding UTF8 does not match server's locale sv_SE.iso88591 when trying to create a database with the createdb command and the parameter " -E UTF8" I'm not sure what to change here. Any good ideas?
am Wed, dem 02.07.2008, um 15:52:23 +0200 mailte A B folgendes: > I get this message when it fails to create a new database > > encoding UTF8 does not match server's locale sv_SE.iso88591 > > when trying to create a database with the createdb command and the parameter > " -E UTF8" You have created the db-cluster with sv_SE.iso88591. Because of this, you can't now create a db with an incompatible locale. > > I'm not sure what to change here. > Any good ideas? Make a full database dump, drop the db-cluster, recreate it with locale UTF8 and restore your dump. Regards, Andreas -- Andreas Kretschmer Kontakt: Heynitz: 035242/47150, D1: 0160/7141639 (mehr: -> Header) GnuPG-ID: 0x3FFF606C, privat 0x7F4584DA http://wwwkeys.de.pgp.net
> You have created the db-cluster with sv_SE.iso88591. Because of this, > you can't now create a db with an incompatible locale. Oh, so i need to run something like initdb -E UTF8 --pgdata XXX to create a new db-cluster? What about the --locale option? Something I need to do with that? What should let XXX be? I have all the stuff in /var/lib/pgsql/ and I'd like to put it all there. Do I have to do something after createing a new db-cluster or can I start createing databases as ususal?
alright, now I have created a new db-cluster with initdb -E UTF8 --locale=C and the encoding problem still remains when trying to access with PHP. Error ERROR: invalid byte sequence for encoding "UTF8": 0xe56e69 HINT: This error can also happen if the byte sequence does not match the encoding expected by the server, which is controlled by "client_encoding". I'm really lost on what to do with this. Any ideas anyone? 2008/7/2 A B <gentosaker@gmail.com>: >> You have created the db-cluster with sv_SE.iso88591. Because of this, >> you can't now create a db with an incompatible locale. > > Oh, so i need to run something like > initdb -E UTF8 --pgdata XXX > to create a new db-cluster? > What about the --locale option? Something I need to do with that? > > What should let XXX be? I have all the stuff in /var/lib/pgsql/ and > I'd like to put it all there. > > Do I have to do something after createing a new db-cluster or can I > start createing databases as ususal? >
"A B" <gentosaker@gmail.com> writes: > alright, now I have created a new db-cluster with initdb -E UTF8 > --locale=C and the encoding problem still remains when trying to > access with PHP. > Error ERROR: invalid byte sequence for encoding "UTF8": 0xe56e69 HINT: This > error can also happen if the byte sequence does not match the encoding > expected by the server, which is controlled by "client_encoding". What encoding is your PHP script actually working in? It's apparently not UTF8. regards, tom lane
On Wed, 2 Jul 2008, A B wrote: > alright, now I have created a new db-cluster with initdb -E UTF8 > --locale=C and the encoding problem still remains when trying to > access with PHP. > > Error ERROR: invalid byte sequence for encoding "UTF8": 0xe56e69 HINT: This > error can also happen if the byte sequence does not match the encoding > expected by the server, which is controlled by "client_encoding". That sequence isn't valid UTF8. What encoding is the PHP script trying to send data in? If it's something other than UTF8 (for example ISO8859-1), you need to set client_encoding to the correct encoding.