PG::Error: ERROR: new encoding (UTF8) is incompatible

Question

I have installed postgresql-9.2.4 from the source, now in rails app when I execute:

rake db:create command I get:

$ bin/rake db         


        

Answer 1

Make sure you have the correct setup in your database.yml file. You should use template0, as the error suggests:

test:
  adapter: postgresql
  encoding: unicode
  database: your_db_name
  template: template0
  host: localhost
  ...