CODEWITHSUNDEEP
pgadmin-4
Question3r
Question3r

Reputation: 3842

POSTGRESQL: 'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0xfc in position 36: invalid start byte

I just downloaded and installed PostgreSQL from here

https://www.enterprisedb.com/downloads/postgres-postgresql-downloads

I wanted to create my first server but I get this error

'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0xfc in position 36: invalid start byte

error

My pg service is running automatically

service

What am I missing?

Upvotes: 5

Views: 10129

Answers (4)

Ycavazin
Ycavazin

Reputation: 175

I just installed PGADMIN version 4.11 in windows 10 and the issue persists...

So I shut down the PGADMIN instance in the task-tray and started it again from the start menu.

Typed the 'master password' and voila, it is working.

Upvotes: 3

hv_ntt
hv_ntt

Reputation: 45

Try to add the following line at the end of the data\pg_hba.conf file and then restart the PostgreSQL service.

host    all             all             all                 md5

Good luck.

Upvotes: 2

C.Serge
C.Serge

Reputation: 91

Same thing here (postgresql 9.6 on windows) when I tried to using query tool. It's happend after I changed postgres user password using pgadmin 4. I simply restarted the postgresql service, started pgadmin 4 and then it asked for the new password. After typed it, no more error message.

Upvotes: 4

Murtuza Z
Murtuza Z

Reputation: 6017

This has been fixed with pgAdmin4 v3.0.

Could you try downloading the latest version of pgAdmin4 & Check? https://www.pgadmin.org/download/

Upvotes: 1

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