Re: Strange query results with invalid multibyte character

Joost Kraaijeveld <J.Kraaijeveld@Askesis.nl> writes:
> On Wed, 2006-09-27 at 11:00 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>> But have they got the same locale settings (lc_collate, lc_ctype)?

> According to the postgresql.conf of the *working* database the locales
> are:
> lc_messages = 'C'
> lc_monetary = 'C'
> lc_numeric = 'C'
> lc_time = 'C'

> According to the other obe:
> lc_messages = 'en_US'
> lc_monetary = 'en_US'
> lc_numeric = 'en_US'
> lc_time = 'en_US'

You did not show us the settings that actually count, but based on this
I'm guessing they are en_US also.  What you need to find out next is
what character set encoding that locale implies on your machine.  I'm
betting it's not utf8 though :-(

            regards, tom lane