Hi, On Tue, Dec 16, 2025 at 11:32 PM Laurenz Albe <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, 2025-12-16 at 21:53 -0800, Igor Korot wrote: > > Is there some default value for client_encoding? > > The default value for a client connection is whatever the parameter > "client_encoding" was set to in the PostgreSQL server configuration. Imagine following scenario: I have 2 machines. One is running PG server on *nix. Second is my app on Windows. An application starts for the first time. What is “clientencoding in this case? Thank you. > > But that value can be overridden in several ways: > > - explicitly by setting "client_encoding" in the connect string > > - with the SQL statement SET by the client > > - if the client has "client_encoding=auto", by the encoding set in > the client's environment > > - by setting the PGCLIENTENCODING environment variable > > Yours, > Laurenz Albe >
