"Zoltan Kovacs" <kov...@particio.com> writes: > I would like to create a database using SQL_ASCII encoding, but it is not > allowed for a normal user, only for the postgres user.
There is an exception that will allow superusers to do that, but it's not a good idea for them either. The problem is not the encoding per se, it's that it's unsafe in combination with a locale setting that assumes UTF8. The only safe locale for SQL_ASCII is C. If you want to have one database that is C/SQL_ASCII and others that have different locale settings, you need to upgrade to PG 8.4. 8.3 can only have one locale across the entire installation. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-bugs mailing list (pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-bugs