Skip to main content
cancel
Showing results for 
Search instead for 
Did you mean: 

Score big with last-minute savings on the final tickets to FabCon Vienna. Secure your discount

Reply
jmleguedard
New Member

"Unable to translate bytes" message with a PostgreSQL database

Hello,

 

When I try to load a table of a PostgreSQL database, I get the following error message:

"DataSource.Error : Unable to translate bytes [C9] at index -1 from specified code page to Unicode"

I think that the encoding of the database (which is SQL_ASCII) is the problem, but I can't change it because I did not create the database, it comes from a manufacturing software.

 

Can anybody help me?

Thanks!

1 REPLY 1
Anonymous
Not applicable

@jmleguedard,

I would recommend you contact PostgreSQL support about how to change encording when selcting columns from table, then input the sql statement in the following textbox and check if you get any errors.

1.JPG

There is also an example for your reference.
https://gist.github.com/jpetitcolas/5967887


Regards,
Lydia

Helpful resources

Announcements
August Power BI Update Carousel

Power BI Monthly Update - August 2025

Check out the August 2025 Power BI update to learn about new features.

August 2025 community update carousel

Fabric Community Update - August 2025

Find out what's new and trending in the Fabric community.

Top Solution Authors