If I "ALTER DATABASE ... SET client_encoding TO DEFAULT", is the default the "client_encoding" in postgresql.conf when the server was last started, or the value at the time the "ALTER DATABASE ... SET client_encoding TO DEFAULT" statement is executed?

In other words, if I "ALTER DATABASE ... SET client_encoding TO DEFAULT" and then restart the server with a different "client_encoding" value in postgresql.conf, will client_encoding of the database follow the new "client_encoding" value in postgresql.conf?

My guess is no; that it will keep the "client_encoding" it received when the "ALTER DATABASE ... SET client_encoding TO DEFAULT" statement was executed.

What I'm looking for is a way to have the client_encoding of all databases track some common setting (eg, the "client_encoding" value in postgresql.conf), but that may not be possible. I know I can use "PGCLIENTENCODING=${LANG#*.}" (and that's not a bad solution), but I'm curious if there's a way to avoid that (and similar client methods). Right now I'm basically ignoring the database's "client_encoding" setting, and always explicitly setting it in a session where needed.

-- Dean

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