From 97877786763dcdcdfed7d08367b587b94ad7733e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ian Barwick <barwick@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2026 13:49:45 +0900
Subject: [PATCH v1] Document getdatabaseencoding()

This function was added in PostgreSQL 6.5 and is used for regression
tests and some psql queries, but was never documented.
---
 doc/src/sgml/func/func-string.sgml | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/func/func-string.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/func/func-string.sgml
index 0786573d7be..fb7408ee014 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/func/func-string.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/func/func-string.sgml
@@ -753,6 +753,23 @@
        </para></entry>
       </row>
 
+      <row>
+       <entry role="func_table_entry"><para role="func_signature">
+        <indexterm>
+         <primary>getdatabaseencoding</primary>
+        </indexterm>
+        <function>getdatabaseencoding</function> ( )
+        <returnvalue>name</returnvalue>
+       </para>
+       <para>
+        Returns current database encoding name.
+       </para>
+       <para>
+        <literal>getdatabaseencoding()</literal>
+        <returnvalue>UTF8</returnvalue>
+       </para></entry>
+      </row>
+
       <row>
        <entry role="func_table_entry"><para role="func_signature">
         <indexterm>
-- 
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