On Mon, Nov 13, 2006 at 03:10:14PM -0600, Ben K. wrote: > > Admins, > > I'm reading this post: > > http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-novice/2005-04/msg00221.php > > Is it possible and safe to run initdb again on a running database to > change encoding from SQL_ASCII to UTF8? > > Will it affect new databases only or existing databases as well?
Pretty much guaranteed to be unsafe. It's also not possible unless you hack initdb. -- Jim Nasby [EMAIL PROTECTED] EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com 512.569.9461 (cell) ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
