PostgreSQL: character with byte sequence 0xc2 0x81 in encoding “UTF8” has no equivalent in encoding “WIN1252”

Question

Getting the below exception while executing SELECT query for a particular row on that table

ERROR:  character with byte sequence 0xc2 0x81 in en         


        

Answer 1

I got the error when Crystal Reports saw this set of characters in a field: [‎18/‎03/‎2019 2:20 PM]

In the end I just changed the content of that field, but unless I can find a decent PostgreSQL ODBC Driver that is designed for UTF8 I will probably see this issue pop up every few weeks, and will need to data cleanse.