Hi, With a server initdb'd with UTF8 encoding , if I create a table with a client using LATIN1 encoding and later try to work with the relation with a client using UTF8 encoding (both the scenarios simulated using single session of psql but with different client_encoding set), there is an error. Following might help illustrate the problem: psql (9.2.4) Type "help" for help. postgres=# SHOW server_encoding; server_encoding ----------------- UTF8 (1 row) Time: 0.761 ms postgres=# SET client_encoding TO LATIN1; SET Time: 1.382 ms postgres=# create table id_äß(ID int); CREATE TABLE Time: 31.344 ms postgres=# \dt List of relations Schema | Name | Type | Owner --------+---------+-------+------- public | id_äß | table | amit (1 row) postgres=# SET client_encoding TO UTF8; SET Time: 1.007 ms postgres=# \dt List of relations Schema | Name | Type | Owner --------+--------------+-------+------- public | id_äÃ\u009F | table | amit (1 row) postgres=# drop table id_äß; ERROR: table "id_äß" does not exist Time: 1.668 ms postgres=# SET client_encoding TO LATIN1; SET Time: 0.745 ms postgres=# drop table id_äß; DROP TABLE Time: 16.954 ms But, I had an impression that above shouldn't have caused any problem? Should UTF8 handle the situation gracefully? Or am I missing something? -- Amit Langote -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general