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FUNCTIONS / STRING FUNCTIONS AND OPERATORS

pg_client_encoding

Read PG 18 manual ↗

Returns current client encoding name.

Signatures & examples

pg_client_encoding ( ) → name
Returns current client encoding name.
pg_client_encoding() → UTF8
Version history 1
  1. PG 12 → 13changed

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