On ons, 2009-11-18 at 08:52 -0500, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> 4) set the client encoding before the file is read in any of the ways
> that have already been discussed and then allow psql to eat the BOM.
This is certainly a workaround, just like piping the file through a
suitable sed expression would be, but conceptually, the client encoding
is a property of the file and should therefore be marked in the file.