The following bug has been logged online:

Bug reference: 2030
Logged by: Dragon
Email address: hhjohn (AT) hotmail (DOT) com
PostgreSQL version: 8.1
Operating system: windows
Description: Chinese character support error
Details:

When I install postgresql server,I can not find the chinese charactor GB2312
or GBK or GB18310 , and In the pgAdmin III when I create a database, in the
Dialog I can not select Encoding GBK or other Chinese Encoding,
"A error orccured
Error :GBK is not a validate encoding name"

thank you sir

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""Dragon"" <hhjohn (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote
GBK or GB18030 are only for client encoding. So you can't initdb or createdb
using these encodings.

Regards,
Qingqing



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