Fritz Lehmann-Grube wrote: > > hallo somebody, > > what do the functions "encode" and "decode" expect as arguments ? test=> \df decode List of functions Result data type | Schema | Name | Argument data types ------------------+------------+--------+--------------------- bytea | pg_catalog | decode | text, text (1 row)
> I was puzzled when I got the following: > > pgdocsample=# \encoding > SQL_ASCII > pgdocsample=# select decode('hallo','SQL_ASCII'); > ERROR: No such encoding as 'SQL_ASCII' > > What have I understood wrong ? Decode is working. The message is complaining about the encoding you have for the session. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]