Re: Help: chinese character set support (EUC_TW to/from

Strange. I have successfully set the client encoding to BIG5 with
PostgreSQL 8.0.3 on Linux.

$ psql euc_tw
Welcome to psql 8.0.3, the PostgreSQL interactive terminal.

Type:  \copyright for distribution terms
       \h for help with SQL commands
       \? for help with psql commands
       \g or terminate with semicolon to execute query
       \q to quit

euc_tw=# \encoding
EUC_TW
euc_tw=# set client_encoding to 'BIG5';
SET

I suspect you have some problems with your PostgreSQL installation.
--
Tatsuo Ishii

> 1. Would like to try if you've ever successfully put Chinese characters
> into the so-called "Postgresql" databases. Their four support
> communities appear non-asian so far.
>
> 2. My problems is, although the 8.0 documentation (ch.14 pg. 292)
> claims the conversion between EUC_TW and BIG5 is avalible, an actual
> error message reveals it 's not supported, see below command and error
> message:
>
> 代碼:
>
> hongkong=# set client_encoding to 'BIG5';
> ERROR:  conversion between BIG5 and EUC_TW is not supported
>
>
> Am I missing something?
>
>
> 3. Below lists the server_encoding is EUC_TW (the only Traditional
> Chinese it supports on the server side):
>
> 代碼:
>
> hongkong=# \l
>         List of databases
>    Name    |  Owner   | Encoding
> -----------+----------+-----------
>  hongkong  | postgres | EUC_TW
>
>
>
> 4. fyi, sorry to dump you guy an "show all" screen (selected output):
>
> 代碼:
>
> hongkong=# show all
> hongkong-# ;
>               name              |                       setting
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> ......
>  lc_collate                     | C
>  lc_ctype                       | C
>  lc_messages                    | C
>  lc_monetary                    | C
>  lc_numeric                     | C
>  lc_time                        | C
> ....
>  syslog_facility                | LOCAL0
>  syslog_ident                   | postgres
>  TimeZone                       | Hongkong
>  ..
> (139 rows)
>
>
> cheers, thanks in advance.
>
>
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