Re: BUG #15772: Some messages in log files are in ANSI encodingwhile server encoding is UTF8

On Thu, Apr 18, 2019 at 01:53:18PM +0000, PG Bug reporting form wrote:
> The following bug has been logged on the website:
> 
> Bug reference:      15772
> Logged by:          Eugene Podshivalov
> Email address:      yaugenka@gmail.com
> PostgreSQL version: 11.2
> Operating system:   Windows 10
> Description:        
> 
> My postgresql.conf has the following locale settings
> ----
> #client_encoding = sql_ascii        # actually, defaults to database encoding
> 
> # These settings are initialized by initdb, but they can be changed.
> lc_messages = 'Russian_Russia.1251'            # locale for system error message
> strings
> lc_monetary = 'Russian_Russia.1251'            # locale for monetary formatting
> lc_numeric = 'Russian_Russia.1251'            # locale for number formatting
> lc_time = 'Russian_Russia.1251'                # locale for time formatting
> ----
> Server encoding is "UTF8".
> Messages in the log file are usually in UTF8, but some messages are logged
> in ANSI encoding.
> Here are some example cases (in the Russian language)  when ANSI is used
> instead of UTF8
> --
> СООБЩЕНИЕ:  контрольные точки происходят слишком часто (через 19 сек.)
> ПОДСКАЗКА:  Возможно, стоит увеличить параметр "max_wal_size".
> --
> СООБЩЕНИЕ:  получен запрос на быстрое выключение
> СООБЩЕНИЕ:  прерывание всех активных транзакций
> --
> СООБЩЕНИЕ:  система БД была выключена:
> СООБЩЕНИЕ:  система БД готова принимать подключения

I am kind of confused since all the messages look like Russian to me,
except for the mention of "max_wal_size".  When you say ANSI, do you
mean ISO-8859-5 - Cyrillic, or ASCII?

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