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Created September 5, 2017 14:22
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Change postgres default template0 to UTF8
psql -U postgres
#> update pg_database set datallowconn = TRUE where datname = 'template0';
#> \c template0
#> update pg_database set datistemplate = FALSE where datname = 'template1';
#> drop database template1;
#> create database template1 with template = template0 encoding = 'UTF8';
#> update pg_database set datistemplate = TRUE where datname = 'template1';
#> \c template1
#> update pg_database set datallowconn = FALSE where datname = 'template0';
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