troubleshooting Question
Posgresql: UTF-8/UNICODE DB
Hello,
I'm trying to create a postgres database on a FreeBSD 6.2 machine like this:
When I list the databses with "psql -l", I see:
Why "UNICODE" and not UTF-8?
Thanks!
I'm trying to create a postgres database on a FreeBSD 6.2 machine like this:
createdb -E utf-8 -U pguser -p 5432 -h localhost mydb
When I list the databses with "psql -l", I see:
List of databases
Name | Owner | Encoding
------------+-------+-----------
mydb | pguser | UNICODE
Why "UNICODE" and not UTF-8?
Thanks!
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