-- David Rader dav...@openscg.com On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 10:23 AM, <nicolas.da...@verosoftware.com> wrote:
> Logged by: Nicolas David > Email address: nicolas.da...@verosoftware.com > PostgreSQL version: 9.2.5 > Operating system: Windows 10 > Description: > > Dear All, > > we have a chinese customer that have migrated from Win7 to Win10. It seems > that the locale 'Chinese (Simplified)_People’s Republic of China.936' has > been renamed to 'Chinese (Simplified)_China.936'. > > For this reason, the postgresql service could not start (invalid value for > parameters lc_monetary / lc_numeric / lc_time in postgresql.conf). > > I changed the value in the postgresql.conf file to use the new locale. > > After that the service starts but I cannot get connected to my database. I > get an error message that tell me that LC_COLLATE is 'Chinese > (Simplified)_People’s Republic of China.936'. A HINT explains that I should > re-install the database or add the locale. > > How can I manage this situation ? > > Because if I re-install, the customer data will be lost and I don't know > how > to add this locale. > > Thank you for your help. > > Best regards > > > The locale has to be set when the database is created. Normally you can use pg_dump to export all the data, create a new database with the correct locale settings, and then pg_restore in to the new database. Did the customer upgrade their Win7 machine to Win10 or move to a new machine with Win10 - and do you or they still have access to the older Win7 environment?
