Re: Strange benhavior of pgAdmin 9.8 on Windows

OK, I'm getting the same issue even with chcp 1252. So that's not
the problem.

On Tue, Oct 7, 2025 at 11:03 AM Aditya Toshniwal <
aditya(dot)toshniwal(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:

> Hi Marc,
>
> I am able to reproduce the problem. But it is most likely because of the
> warning below. I'm checking if we can fix this.
>
> WARNING: Console code page (437) differs from Windows code page (1252)
> 8-bit characters might not work correctly. See psql reference
> page "Notes for Windows users" for detail
>
>
> On Sat, Oct 4, 2025 at 12:22 PM Marc Linster <marc(at)marclinster(dot)com> wrote:
>
>> Team:
>>
>> I installed pgAdmin 9.8 on Windows 10 to teach a class. the query tool,
>> etc. seem to work well, but plsql tool shows a strange message, and
>> commands like \d seem to hang
>>
>> Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.22000.2538]
>> (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
>>
>> C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\18\pgAdmin 4\runtime>"C:\Program
>> Files\PostgreSQL\18\pg
>> Admin 4\runtime\psql.exe" "host=localhost port=5432 dbname=dlh3
>> user=postgres sslmo
>> de=prefer connect_timeout=10" 2>>&1
>> psql (18.0)
>> WARNING: Console code page (437) differs from Windows code page (1252)
>> 8-bit characters might not work correctly. See psql reference
>> page "Notes for Windows users" for details.
>> Type "help" for help.
>>
>> When I type '\d', only the '\' shows until I hit return, but execution
>> only starts after I hit return for the second time.
>>
>> Standard plsql works fine.
>>
>> For the purpose of teaching novices pgAdmin/Postgresql 18 it would be
>> nice if I could use plsql in the context of pgAdmin - which used to work.
>>
>> Thanks for thelp, Marc
>> ---------------------------------------
>> Marc Linster; Marc(at)MarcLinster(dot)com;
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>> +352 621 430 156
>>
>
>
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> Thanks,
> Aditya Toshniwal
> pgAdmin Hacker | Sr. Staff SDE II | *enterprisedb.com*
> <https://www.enterprisedb.com/>
> "Don't Complain about Heat, Plant a TREE"
>

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Thanks,
Aditya Toshniwal
pgAdmin Hacker | Sr. Staff SDE II | *enterprisedb.com*
<https://www.enterprisedb.com/>
"Don't Complain about Heat, Plant a TREE"