[postgis-users] Client encoding error

[Guido Lemoine]

Use iconv on unix/linux to change encoding. If using Windows, install 
cygwin first.

GL

lanczos at t-zones.sk wrote:
> What OS are You using? Linux, Windows, Apple ....?
>
> Tomas
>
> Milo van der Linden wrote:
>   
>> PostGIS is in UTF-8, the table is in WindowsLatin1. How do I change the
>> encoding? Is it just a matter of editting the tab file and changing the
>> string WindowsLatin1 with UTF-8?
>> Tomas Lanczos schreef:
>>     
>>> Milo van der Linden wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Hello list,
>>>>
>>>> I am trying to import a MapInfo table into postGIS using ogr2ogr. The
>>>> import fails with the message: invalid byte sequence for encoding
>>>> "UTF8": 0xe92057
>>>>
>>>> It gives me a hint that I sould set something into client_encoding, but
>>>> is this ogr2ogr related or postGIS?
>>>>         
>>> I had the same problem few days ago (importing shapefiles to GRASS
>>> with postgresql). Change the encoding in the attribute tables to UTF-8
>>> before importing, it helps. It's related to the given encoding of the
>>> PostgreSQL/Postgis database where are You importing Your table.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> Tomas
>>>
>>>       
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