Insert data with greek characters using psql environment

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From: pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org [mailto:pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of ???S????S ????????S
Sent: Friday, November 12, 2010 2:58 PM
To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Subject: [GENERAL] Insert data with greek characters using psql environment

Hello,

I am a new user of PostgreSQL , and i have a problem with encoding settings of psql.
Specifically, i want to insert data with greek characters using psql environment.
I change the enconding settings of psql, writing the following command:
SET CLIENT_ENCODING TO 'UTF8';
but i can't insert my data!!
Can you help me??

Thanks,
Apostolis

2010/11/12 ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΣ ΛΕΛΕΝΤΖΗΣ <lelentzisapostolos@gmail.com>:

Hello,

I am a new user of PostgreSQL , and i have a problem with encoding settings
of psql.
Specifically, i want to insert data with greek characters using psql
environment.
I change the enconding settings of psql, writing the following command:
SET CLIENT_ENCODING TO 'UTF8';
but i can't insert my data!!
Can you help me??

works for me...
pg9=# select 'ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΣ ΛΕΛΕΝΤΖΗΣ';
?column?
---------------------
ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΣ ΛΕΛΕΝΤΖΗΣ
(1 row)

merlin

2010/11/12 ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΣ ΛΕΛΕΝΤΖΗΣ <lelentzisapostolos@gmail.com>:

Hello,

I am a new user of PostgreSQL , and i have a problem with encoding settings
of psql.
Specifically, i want to insert data with greek characters using psql
environment.
I change the enconding settings of psql, writing the following command:
SET CLIENT_ENCODING TO 'UTF8';
but i can't insert my data!!
Can you help me??

You're not using psql under windows, are you? It works horribly on windows.

It'll use a weird legacy encoding such as IBM codepage 850 (that's
what it is on my Irish locale Windows XP, but it's probably something
else for you).

--
Regards,
Peter Geoghegan