Re: [PATCHES] client_encoding in dump file

Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> Pavel Stehule wrote:
>> I send my first patch for PostgreSQL - maybe ugly patch. This patch
>> generate on top of dump file line with setting of current encoding. Its
>> useful for languages like czech with more than one wide used encoding.
>> We need informations about used encoding.

> I found this patch intersting. How do we deal with restoring a database
> with a different encoding from the one dumped. Does having SET at the
> top help? (Also, we use diff -c.)

Yes, the SET should help; it will result in character encoding
translation to whatever the database encoding is. This has been
discussed before, IIRC.

I was planning to commit this patch (perhaps after cleanup, haven't
looked at it yet) but it's not got to the top of the todo queue...

regards, tom lane