rake db:create encoding error with postgresql

Question

I\'m importing an existing rails project that I was working on into my new arch linux system, I already installed all gems and postgresql correctly, but I having some issues whe

Answer 1

Similar to the other answers I found this gist to be very helpful. Using Ubuntu 14.04. I wanted to change the default template to use UTF-8.

Get into the postgres prompt:

Activate the postgres console.
su - postgres
psql

Then type the following commands:

# First, we need to drop template1. Templates can’t be dropped, so we first modify it so t’s an ordinary database:

        UPDATE pg_database SET datistemplate = FALSE WHERE datname = 'template1';

# Now we can drop it:

        DROP DATABASE template1;

# Now its time to create database from template0, with a new default encoding:

        CREATE DATABASE template1 WITH TEMPLATE = template0 ENCODING = 'UNICODE';

# Now modify template1 so it’s actually a template:

        UPDATE pg_database SET datistemplate = TRUE WHERE datname = 'template1';

# Now switch to template1 and VACUUM FREEZE the template:

        \c template1

        VACUUM FREEZE;

Problem should be resolved. Credits to: https://gist.github.com/amolkhanorkar-webonise/8706915