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Created January 4, 2011 18:44
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make sure new database are created with encoding UTF8
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set_psql_default_utf8.sql
UPDATE pg_database SET datistemplate=FALSE WHERE datname='template1';
DROP DATABASE template1;
CREATE DATABASE template1 WITH owner=postgres template=template0 encoding='UTF8';
UPDATE pg_database SET datistemplate=TRUE WHERE datname='template1';
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