server_encoding

Reports the database encoding (character set). It is determined when the database is created. Ordinarily, clients need only be concerned with the value of client_encoding.

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boot val: SQL_ASCII
category: Preset Options
context: internal
documented: true
enumvals: Unknown
extra desc: Unknown
lang: en
max val: Unknown
metadata version: 18
min val: Unknown
name: server_encoding
short desc: Shows the server (database) character set encoding.
source: pg-settings-source-snapshot
unit: Unknown
vartype: string

Definition PG 18

Reports the database encoding (character set). It is determined when the database is created. Ordinarily, clients need only be concerned with the value of client_encoding.

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