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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