-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml,v 2.123 2006/05/28 02:27:08 alvherre Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml,v 2.124 2006/06/03 02:53:04 tgl Exp $ -->
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Documentation of the system catalogs, directed toward PostgreSQL developers
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<entry><structfield>encoding</structfield></entry>
<entry><type>int4</type></entry>
<entry></entry>
- <entry>Character encoding for this database</entry>
+ <entry>Character encoding for this database
+ (<function>pg_encoding_to_char()</function> can translate
+ this number to the encoding name)</entry>
</row>
<row>