There is a convert() function in PgSQL but it doesn't have the syntax you are using.
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/functions-string.html > On Dec 16, 2020, at 7:30 PM, Hugo Nicolau Barbosa de Gusmão > <hugon...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have a dataset (shapefile) with the same problem as the post below: > > "A previous LOAD DATA INFILE was run under the assumption that the CSV file > is latin1-encoded. During this import the multibyte characters were > interpreted as two single character and then encoded using utf-8 (again). > > This double-encoding created anomalies like ñ instead of ñ. > > How to correct these strings?" > https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11436594/how-to-fix-double-encoded-utf8-characters-in-an-utf-8-table > > > However, the solution given is in mysql and not postgres, i tried it on > postgres and it didn't work, just on mysql: > > UPDATE tablename SET > field = CONVERT(CAST(CONVERT(field USING latin1) AS BINARY) USING utf8); > > I need to import and fix this shapefile using postgres because I will need to > use postgis to do various spatial analyzes. > > How can I solve this using postgis? > > Many thanks > > > _______________________________________________ > postgis-users mailing list > postgis-users@lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users _______________________________________________ postgis-users mailing list postgis-users@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users
