Postgresql Unicode Odbc Driver Jun 2026

SELECT datname, pg_encoding_to_char(encoding) FROM pg_database;

Driver=PostgreSQL Unicode;Server=localhost;Database=mydb;UID=user;PWD=pass; postgresql unicode odbc driver

ANSI drivers often miscalculate string lengths for non-ASCII characters (e.g., assuming é = 1 byte → actually 2 bytes in UTF-8 → truncation). The Unicode driver respects actual character width. pg_encoding_to_char(encoding) FROM pg_database