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Re: Change empty database from ASCII to UTF-8 encoded

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On 14/01/2009 19:14, Thom Brown wrote:
> I've just noticed my "postgres" database is encoded in ASCII.  Is there
> any way to convert it to UTF-8?  Is there any negative consequence to
> dropping the database and recreating it?  Like are there special hidden
> tables or functions in there?

AFAIK you can't convert it - you have to drop and recreate it.

There's nothing special about the postgres database; it's just there to
provide an initial connection point, so there'll be nothing in it unless
you put it there.

Ray.

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