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Igor Korot <ikorot01@gmail.com> writes:
> If I want to have strings (aka char *) as parameters fr the query,
> should I send UTF-8 strings or something else?

They should be in whatever is selected as the client_encoding
on your connection.  That goes for query strings too, and whatever
other text a client might send.

			regards, tom lane