Hi, I think, it should be possible without changing template0/template1, simply by using template0 and -E parameter to (command line) createdb. Examples: createdb -T template0 -E latin1 foo createdb -T template0 -E sql_ascii foo2 createdb -T template0 -E EUC_CN foo3 createdb -T template0 -E utf8 foo4 np ->psql -l |grep foo foo | np | LATIN1 | C | C | foo2 | np | SQL_ASCII | C | C | foo3 | np | EUC_CN | C | C | foo4 | np | UTF8 | C | C | cheers Norbert -- Norbert Poellmann EDV-Beratung email : np@xxxxxx Severinstrasse 5 telefon: 089 38469995 81541 Muenchen, Germany telefon: 0179 2133436 On Thu, Feb 23, 2023 at 02:18:54PM +0100, Holger Jakobs wrote: > Am 23.02.23 um 14:00 schrieb info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: > > > > Hi, my database is setup with encoding= win1252. In order to go to > > utf8 I run the followed query: > > > > update pg_database set encoding= pg_char_to_encoding('utf8') where > > datname= 'Handyman' > > > > The problem is that, the database has already got data with special > > characters such as "àòèé". After having executed the query to change > > the encoding to utf8, I can't read the special caracters. > > Is there a way to change the encoding and to migtrate the data? > > > > Best regards. > > > > > > +39.347.4070897 > > > > http://www.labcsp.com > > > > http://www.denisgottardello.it > > > > GMT+1 > > > > Skype: mrdebug > > > This might help: > https://www.shubhamdipt.com/blog/how-to-change-postgresql-database-encoding-to-utf8/ > > Kind Regards, > > Holger > > > -- > Holger Jakobs, Bergisch Gladbach, Tel. +49-178-9759012 >