Re: cant support non ascii character...

On 14 May 2001 03:17:16 +0000, Twist wrote:

> i enabled multibyte, i set LATIN1 while doing the initdb.
>
> psql -l tells me that all database r using LATIN1.
>
> how ever when i try the following:
>
> psql test
> create table test(name text);
> insert into test values('préféré');
>
> then select * from test, i got :
> pr<E9>f<E9>r<E9>
>
> tried under linux, it works fine, so i assume it comes from cygwin somehow.
>
> Any idea please ?

A seven letter word starting with W...

For year I have worked on the Mac and had to deal with .doc files from
WIndows machines. If you can't always open a French document in Word
that was created in Word on a different platform then your chances with
cygwin are not going to be great.

Life can be tough sometimes

Cheers

Tony Grant

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