[ADMIN] running initdb on running database

[Ben K.]

Admins,
I'm reading this post:

http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-novice/2005-04/msg00221.php

Is it possible and safe to run initdb again on a running database to 
change encoding from SQL_ASCII to UTF8?

Will it affect new databases only or existing databases as well?



Thanks.

Ben K.
Developer
http://benix.tamu.edu

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