- Patch #319165 by andpost: force PostgreSQL to use UTF-8 by default.

includes/database/pgsql/database.inc

@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ public function __construct(array $connection_options = array()) {
       // Force column names to lower case.
       PDO::ATTR_CASE => PDO::CASE_LOWER,
     ));
+
+    // Force PostgreSQL to use the UTF-8 character set by default.
+    $this->exec('SET NAMES "UTF8"');
   }
 
   public function query($query, array $args = array(), $options = array()) {