psql: not enogh memory when trying to use utf8 on windows

C:\ham>chcp 65001
Aktive Codepage: 65001.

C:\ham>psql -U postgres
Passwort f�r Benutzer postgres:
psql (8.4devel)
WARNING: Console code page (65001) differs from Windows code page (1252)
         8-bit characters might not work correctly. See psql reference
         page "Notes for Windows users" for details.
Type "help" for help.

postgres=# \l
Nicht genügend Arbeitsspeicher.
postgres=#

"chcp 65001" is the setting for UTF8 on Windows 2000 and up. Thought
it would be worth a try, as my default encoding on client and server
when attacking PostgreSQL via Python is UTF8.

Rather strange:
"Passwort f�r Benutzer postgres:"  - the u-umlaut gets scrambled

"Nicht genügend Arbeitsspeicher." - the u-umlaut does not get scrambled

and "Nicht genügend Arbeitsspeicher." is roughly "not enough RAM",
which is really not expected just for changing the code page

Harald





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