[postgis-devel] [PostGIS] #1303: [PATCH] shp2pgsql does not respect PGCLIENTENCODING

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#1303: [PATCH] shp2pgsql does not respect PGCLIENTENCODING
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  Reporter:  etourigny      |       Owner:  mcayland                   
      Type:  defect         |      Status:  closed                     
  Priority:  medium         |   Milestone:  PostGIS 1.5.4              
 Component:  loader/dumper  |     Version:  1.5.X                      
Resolution:  wontfix        |    Keywords:  shp2pgsql, PGCLIENTENCODING
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Comment(by etourigny):

 Ok I understand.

 However, the error message is a bit misleading, as it refers to the way
 postgres deals with encodings. It would be clearer to refer to the iconv
 library instead. Thanks.

 {{{
 Try "LATIN1" (Western European), or one of the values described at
 http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/multibyte.html.
 }}}

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