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FUNCTIONS / STRING FUNCTIONS AND OPERATORS

getdatabaseencoding

Read PG 20 devel manual ↗

Returns current database encoding name.

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Signatures & examples

getdatabaseencoding ( ) → name
Returns current database encoding name.
getdatabaseencoding() → UTF8
Version history 1
  1. PG 19 → 20added

Definition snapshot: 2026-09-14T13:14:25.684213+00:00@99e6866c · English manual source