Strange. I have successfully set the client encoding to BIG5 with PostgreSQL 8.0.3 on Linux. $ psql euc_tw Welcome to psql 8.0.3, the PostgreSQL interactive terminal. Type: \copyright for distribution terms \h for help with SQL commands \? for help with psql commands \g or terminate with semicolon to execute query \q to quit euc_tw=# \encoding EUC_TW euc_tw=# set client_encoding to 'BIG5'; SET I suspect you have some problems with your PostgreSQL installation. -- Tatsuo Ishii > 1. Would like to try if you've ever successfully put Chinese characters > into the so-called "Postgresql" databases. Their four support > communities appear non-asian so far. > > 2. My problems is, although the 8.0 documentation (ch.14 pg. 292) > claims the conversion between EUC_TW and BIG5 is avalible, an actual > error message reveals it 's not supported, see below command and error > message: > > 代碼: > > hongkong=# set client_encoding to 'BIG5'; > ERROR: conversion between BIG5 and EUC_TW is not supported > > > Am I missing something? > > > 3. Below lists the server_encoding is EUC_TW (the only Traditional > Chinese it supports on the server side): > > 代碼: > > hongkong=# \l > List of databases > Name | Owner | Encoding > -----------+----------+----------- > hongkong | postgres | EUC_TW > > > > 4. fyi, sorry to dump you guy an "show all" screen (selected output): > > 代碼: > > hongkong=# show all > hongkong-# ; > name | setting > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ...... > lc_collate | C > lc_ctype | C > lc_messages | C > lc_monetary | C > lc_numeric | C > lc_time | C > .... > syslog_facility | LOCAL0 > syslog_ident | postgres > TimeZone | Hongkong > .. > (139 rows) > > > cheers, thanks in advance. > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate > subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx so that your > message can get through to the mailing list cleanly > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly