The following bug has been logged online: Bug reference: 1328 Logged by: kaaos
Email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PostgreSQL version: 8.0 Beta Operating system: Linux kaaos 2.6.9 #3 Tue Nov 23 13:12:08 MSK 2004 i686 Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 1.70GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux Description: psql don't accept some valid PGCLIENTENCODING values Details: Hello! First of all, sorry for my English :(. The problem: With PGCLIENTENCODING=KOI8 and server encoding UNICODE psql do not starts and print this message: psql: FATAL: invalid value for parameter "client_encoding": "KOI8" But, if I unset PGCLIENTENCODING, and in psql enter: template1=# \encoding KOI8 then psql accept client encoding: template1=# \encoding KOI8 template1=# show client_encoding; client_encoding ----------------- KOI8 (1 row) 'select version()' output: PostgreSQL 8.0.0beta5 on i686-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC gcc (GCC) 3.4.3 Thank you. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org