The following bug has been logged on the website: Bug reference: 7712 Logged by: François Bonzon Email address: francois.bon...@gmail.com PostgreSQL version: 9.2.1 Operating system: Ubuntu 12.04 Description:
This header is an optional feature of .DBF files to specify the character encoding of its text attributes (UTF-8, CP1251, etc.). So is a .cpg sibling file, that can carry the same information, and an alternate way to store this information, that many GIS software support. The dumper tool pgsql2shp should set this header, as PostreSQL knowns what encoding it is writing to. Some popular tools (including OGR library, QGIS) are mis-interpreting the encoding of a shapefile that is missing this header. -- Sent via pgsql-bugs mailing list (pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-bugs
