Re: [BUGS] BUG #5221: errors converting string to utf8

2009-12-01 Thread Tom Lane
Craig Ringer writes: > On 1/12/2009 7:36 PM, DM wrote: >> select convert('Vall\xe9e','LATIN1','UTF8'); > You expect the result 'Vallée', right? As in the utf-8 bytes >Vall\xc3\xa9e > ? The whole thing seems like an exercise in unnecessary pain anyway. Why not just set client_encoding to LAT

Re: [BUGS] BUG #5221: errors converting string to utf8

2009-12-01 Thread Craig Ringer
On 1/12/2009 7:36 PM, DM wrote: select convert('Vall\xe9e','LATIN1','UTF8'); You expect the result 'Vallée', right? As in the utf-8 bytes Vall\xc3\xa9e ? ERROR: invalid byte sequence for encoding "UTF8": 0xe965 HINT: This error can also happen if the byte sequence does not match the enc