I don't think you are correct... UTF-8 might be default on MSSQL, but it is the ODBC connection to PGSQL that sets the client encoding to UTF-8... (I.e. when I just connect to the PGSQL server, I get a statement in the PG log file that says "set client_encoding to 'UTF8'.. And I don't want to use UNICODE on my PG Server.... BTJ Ropel wrote: > As far as I know, UTF-8 is the standard encoding used by MSSQL. > ISO8859-1 /_is_ /LATIN1, so the system is trying to convert (as the > error message says) from utf-8 (SqlServer) to ISO8859-1 ( LATIN1 ). > > So I think you have to search on the MSSQL side, not PostgreSql... > > You can also use UNICODE encoding on postgres, creating your DB with > CREATE DATABASE mydb ENCODING='UNICODE'; > > Hope this will give you some hints to solve the problem > > Regards, > Roberto > > > Bjørn T Johansen wrote: > >>I am trying to copy data from a MSSQL srv to PGSQL srv 8 using Delphi under Windows... But >>I just keep getting this error... Why? (My PGSQL server is using LATIN1) >>And how do I get around this? >> >>BTW; I see in the log for my PGSQL server that someone is setting Client encoding to >>UTF-8, but I am not... Is this some default setting in pgodbc or? I can't find any place >>to change this value.... >> >> >>Regards, >> >>BTJ >> >> >> > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
