> TL> Alex Guryanow <gav@nlr.ru> writes:
> >> When pg-server is version 7.1.3 windows app works fine, but when
> >> pg-server is version 7.4.6 or 8.0beta4 under certain conditions the
> >> app receives strings with wrong lengths.
>
> TL> Are both servers set up with the same database encoding?
>
> I think the answer is yes. For both servers the command "initdb" was
> executed only with parameter DATADIR. At the same time the locale is
> set up to "ru_RU.cp1251".
>
> But by creating the database I specify parameter "-E UNICODE" and
> "psql -l" shows that the database is in UNICODE encoding. One
> time I have forgotten to specify '-E UNICODE' by executing createdb
> and windows app worked fine with 7.4.6
Alex, if you are using C++ builder and postgresql you should consider
using the Zeos database connection components for PostgreSQL. They are
lightweight, fast, and fairly well supported.
Merlin