Re: [HACKERS] default client encoding in postgresql.conf

Robert Treat <xzilla@users.sourceforge.net> writes:
>>> looking in my freshly installed 8.3.3, I see this in the postgresql.conf
>>> #client_encoding = sql_ascii # actually, defaults to database
>>> # encoding

> But isn't putting a default that is likely to be wrong just encouraging people
> to set it to something more permanent as an attempt to "correct" this?

Huh? We *aren't* putting in a default.

This conversation is beginning to suggest to me that client_encoding
shouldn't be listed in postgresql.conf at all.

regards, tom lane

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