In this guide, we will explain to read and set environment and shell variables. In simple words, an environment variable is a variable with a name and an associated value. In Linux and Unix based systems environment variables are a set of dynamic named values, stored within the system that are used by applications launched in shells or subshells.Replicat sets the session character set to that value. To ensure that Replicat uses the correct character set for the target data, set the PostgreSQL environment variable PGCLIENTENCODING to the correct character set. Replicat converts the character set of the source data to the character set of the target data when the two are different.This is the default used by Heroku so we figured it made sense to keep it. The plugin expects (requires) that you have an Environment Variable set for the Postgres Connection URL: DATABASE_URL in the format: postgres://username: /database. Required/Expected Environment Variable: DATABASE_URL.Related examples in the same category.
