Re: trouble with to_char('L')

Mikko escribió:
> psql (PostgreSQL) 8.3.7
>
> server_version 8.3.7
> server_encoding UTF8
> client_encoding win1252
> lc_numeric Finnish, Finland
> lc_monetary Finnish, Finland
>
> testdb=# SELECT to_char(3.1415::numeric(5,2), '999D99L');
>
> ERROR: invalid byte sequence for encoding "UTF8": 0x80
> HINT: This error can also happen if the byte sequence does not match
> the encoding expected by the server, which is controlled by
> "client_encoding".

FWIW 0x80 is the Euro symbol in Win1252 according to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows-1252

Maybe the problem here is that the chosen locales are not UTF8. Does it
work if you set lc_numeric and lc_monetary to "Finnish_Finland.65001"
instead? Those should match the server_encoding.

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