[freeside] error running freeside-setup <username>

[Gerald V. Livingston II]

Sounds like postgresql 8.x is creating UNICODE databases by default still.
I thought Ivan had fixed the install to work around that but the method to
do it may have changed since 7.4.x.

Here's where I discovered the problem with a fresh install of 7.4.6.

http://sisd.com/freeside/list-archive/msg04328.html

Gerald

On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 12:24:00 -0800 (PST) Dave wrote:

> Hello,I downloaded the freeside v.1.5.0pre6 and during
> installation, I run the command 
> 
> freeside-setup <some_username>
> 
> Quite a few tables are created before I get the error:
> 
> DBD::Pg::st execute failed: ERROR:  invalid byte
> sequence for encoding "UNICODE": 0xed6f73 at
> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5/FS/Record.pm line 654.
> ERROR:  invalid byte sequence for encoding "UNICODE":
> 0xed6f73 at /usr/local/bin/freeside-setup line 267.
> 
> 
> I am running postgresql version 8.0 on a redhat 9
> system. 
> 
> Any suggestions?
> Thanks