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-rw-r--r--src/backend/utils/mb/mbutils.c24
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/mb/mbutils.c b/src/backend/utils/mb/mbutils.c
index 1e9a004b0d7..2a8271ab072 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/mb/mbutils.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/mb/mbutils.c
@@ -1063,7 +1063,8 @@ pgwin32_message_to_UTF16(const char *str, int len, int *utf16len)
/*
* Use MultiByteToWideChar directly if there is a corresponding codepage,
- * or double conversion through UTF8 if not.
+ * or double conversion through UTF8 if not. Double conversion is needed,
+ * for example, in an ENCODING=LATIN8, LC_CTYPE=C database.
*/
if (codepage != 0)
{
@@ -1075,12 +1076,21 @@ pgwin32_message_to_UTF16(const char *str, int len, int *utf16len)
{
char *utf8;
- utf8 = (char *) pg_do_encoding_conversion((unsigned char *) str,
- len,
- GetMessageEncoding(),
- PG_UTF8);
- if (utf8 != str)
- len = strlen(utf8);
+ /*
+ * XXX pg_do_encoding_conversion() requires a transaction. In the
+ * absence of one, hope for the input to be valid UTF8.
+ */
+ if (IsTransactionState())
+ {
+ utf8 = (char *) pg_do_encoding_conversion((unsigned char *) str,
+ len,
+ GetMessageEncoding(),
+ PG_UTF8);
+ if (utf8 != str)
+ len = strlen(utf8);
+ }
+ else
+ utf8 = (char *) str;
utf16 = (WCHAR *) palloc(sizeof(WCHAR) * (len + 1));
dstlen = MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, utf8, len, utf16, len);