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Created February 22, 2010 09:08
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pgsql_change_template_1.sql
# change postgresql template1 db encoding to utf8 (unicode) by dropping it and recreating from 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';
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