Client Encoding in postgresql

hello all...

I am using postgres as my backend server and i need to insert some characters into tables... the server side encoding is UTF-8 and i am using the psqlODbc to connec to the database..
now for example if i try to insert some russian characters it inserts some '???????'
if i use the command set client encoding to UTF8, this sets the encoding to UTF-8 only for a particular session.

how do i make my application insert those russian values into my table..

Please help..

Thanks in advance for any help

re: Client Encoding in postgresql

1.)Make sure that your database encoding is set set UTF-8 (You can check that in pg_database).
2.) Make sure your client encoding is not set to SQL_ASCII.(That will disable all automatic conversion)
3.)Enable automatic client encoding using a persistent method. Section 21.2.3 of this page explains the different ways of doing it. The last ones are the more persistent.

re: Client Encoding in postgresql

thanks for your reply.. i ll do what ever you've suggested