On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 06:45:17PM -0300, Alvaro Herrera wrote: > > How can I programmatically detect which encoding a > > PostgreSQL server I am trying to connect to sends back > > messages -- before I connect (so client_encoding and > > the pg_settings table are flat out). > > Hmm, isn't client_encoding reported in the startup packet sent by the > server, after auth? That would not quite be enough -- I am talking about messages reported *during* auth, say FATAL: password authentication failed for user "postgres" or fe_sendauth: no password supplied both of which, in other locales, may contain non-ASCII characters. Karsten -- GPG key ID E4071346 @ wwwkeys.pgp.net E167 67FD A291 2BEA 73BD 4537 78B9 A9F9 E407 1346 -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
