Re: Weird characters saved in SQL file

["Dave Page" <dpage(at)postgresql(dot)org>]

> ------- Original Message -------
> From: John DeSoi <desoi(at)pgedit(dot)com>
> To: Charlie Clark <charlie(at)begeistert(dot)org>
> Sent: 22/09/07, 20:30:45
> Subject: Re: [pgadmin-support] Weird characters saved in SQL file
> 
> On Sep 22, 2007, at 10:15 AM, Charlie Clark wrote:
> 
> > <EF><BB><BF> to be precise. Certainly confuses the shell, less does  
> > not recognise the file as a text file. I don't know whether this a  
> > cookie which associates the file with pgAdmin but I don't really  
> > think it's a bug.
> 
> 
> I think what you are seeing is a unicode byte order mark (BOM):

Sounds like it - it does write them.

Under File->Options you can turn off UTF-8 mode. Try that to confirm what's happening.

Regards, Dave