On Wednesday, February 29, 2012 6:47:21 am Clodoaldo Neto wrote: > In 9.1.3 the client encoding is not defaulting to the db encoding: > > postgresql.conf: > > #client_encoding = sql_ascii > > => show server_encoding; > server_encoding > ----------------- > SQL_ASCII > > => show client_encoding; > client_encoding > ----------------- > UTF8 > > In 9.0 the client encoding defaults to the db encoding: > > postgresql.conf: > > #client_encoding = sql_ascii > > => show client_encoding; > client_encoding > ----------------- > SQL_ASCII > > => show server_encoding; > server_encoding > ----------------- > SQL_ASCII > > What am i missing? Regards, Clodoaldo My guess this: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/interactive/release-9-1.html "E.4.3.10.1. libpq Add a libpq connection option client_encoding which behaves like he PGCLIENTENCODING environment variable (Heikki Linnakangas) The value auto sets the client encoding based on the operating system locale. " Which leads to this: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/interactive/libpq-connect.html#LIBPQ-CONNECT-CLIENT-ENCODING -- Adrian Klaver adrian.klaver@xxxxxxxxx -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general