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

I had a similar issue. My database.yml was like this:-

default: &default
  adapter: postgresql
  encoding: unicode
  pool: <%= ENV.fetch("RAILS_MAX_THREADS") { 5 } %>

development:
  <<: *default
  database: chatapp_development

test:
  <<: *default
  database: chatapp_test

production:
  <<: *default
  database: chatapp_production
  username: chatapp
  password: <%= ENV['CHATAPP_DATABASE_PASSWORD'] %>

I added template: template0 to the default settings

default: &default
  adapter: postgresql
  template: template0
  encoding: unicode
  pool: <%= ENV.fetch("RAILS_MAX_THREADS") { 5 } %>

And it worked