Re: UTF8 with BOM support in psql

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
Cc: Itagaki Takahiro <itagaki.takahiro@oss.ntt.co.jp>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2009-11-17T01:03:02Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> writes:
> As for when it can be set, unless I'm mistaken you should be able to set 
> it before any file is opened, if you need to, using PGOPTIONS or psql 
> "dbname=mydb options='-c client_encoding=utf8'". Of course, if the 
> server encoding is utf8 then, in the absence of it being set using those 
> methods, the client encoding will start as utf8 also.

It could also be set in ~/.psqlrc, which would probably be the most
convenient method for regular users of UTF8 files who need to talk
to non-UTF8 databases.

			regards, tom lane