Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.183]) by developer.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB44B2E0085 for ; Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:21:24 -0300 (ADT) Received: from developer.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.183]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 41732-06-2 for ; Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:21:06 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from fmailhost06.isp.att.net (fmailhost06.isp.att.net [207.115.11.56]) by developer.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58DEA2E0083 for ; Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:20:55 -0300 (ADT) Received: from rhws5.home.edu (adsl-065-013-025-241.sip.asm.bellsouth.net[65.13.25.241]) by isp.att.net (frfwmhc06) with ESMTP id <20080612162050H0600rgu6fe>; Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:20:50 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.13.25.241] Message-ID: <48514CE1.8070803@serioustechnology.com> Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:20:49 -0400 From: Geoffrey User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080515) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Postgres-Admin list Subject: How is the default encoding determined Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200806/104 X-Sequence-Number: 29442 I recently was bitten by having two servers where the database encoding was different. When I do an 'initdb' how does it determine the 'default' encoding? -- Until later, Geoffrey Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. - Benjamin Franklin