Обсуждение: Insert data with greek characters using psql environment
Hello,
I am a new user of PostgreSQL , and i have a problem with encoding settings of psql.
Specifically, i want to insert data with greek characters using psql environment.
I change the enconding settings of psql, writing the following command:
SET CLIENT_ENCODING TO 'UTF8';
but i can't insert my data!!
Can you help me??
Thanks,
Apostolis
I am a new user of PostgreSQL , and i have a problem with encoding settings of psql.
Specifically, i want to insert data with greek characters using psql environment.
I change the enconding settings of psql, writing the following command:
SET CLIENT_ENCODING TO 'UTF8';
but i can't insert my data!!
Can you help me??
Thanks,
Apostolis
Did you read this:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/multibyte.html
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Subject: [GENERAL] Insert data with greek characters using psql environment
Hello,
I am a new user of PostgreSQL , and i have a problem with encoding settings of psql.
Specifically, i want to insert data with greek characters using psql environment.
I change the enconding settings of psql, writing the following command:
SET CLIENT_ENCODING TO 'UTF8';
but i can't insert my data!!
Can you help me??
Thanks,
Apostolis
2010/11/12 ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΣ ΛΕΛΕΝΤΖΗΣ <lelentzisapostolos@gmail.com>: > Hello, > > I am a new user of PostgreSQL , and i have a problem with encoding settings > of psql. > Specifically, i want to insert data with greek characters using psql > environment. > I change the enconding settings of psql, writing the following command: > SET CLIENT_ENCODING TO 'UTF8'; > but i can't insert my data!! > Can you help me?? works for me... pg9=# select 'ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΣ ΛΕΛΕΝΤΖΗΣ'; ?column? --------------------- ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΣ ΛΕΛΕΝΤΖΗΣ (1 row) merlin
2010/11/12 ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΣ ΛΕΛΕΝΤΖΗΣ <lelentzisapostolos@gmail.com>: > Hello, > > I am a new user of PostgreSQL , and i have a problem with encoding settings > of psql. > Specifically, i want to insert data with greek characters using psql > environment. > I change the enconding settings of psql, writing the following command: > SET CLIENT_ENCODING TO 'UTF8'; > but i can't insert my data!! > Can you help me?? You're not using psql under windows, are you? It works horribly on windows. It'll use a weird legacy encoding such as IBM codepage 850 (that's what it is on my Irish locale Windows XP, but it's probably something else for you). -- Regards, Peter Geoghegan