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SnowSQL shows "'utf-8' codec can't decode byte" error when executing "!system" command
CAUSE: This is caused by SnowSQL designed to use UTF - 8, while Windows with a Japanese locale will use a different character code, CP932 (similar to Shift_JIS). SOLUTION: Changing the character code (or "code page" in Windows) to use UTF - 8…
How to convert your input data to UTF- 8 before sending it to Snowflake
FAQ: Snowflake supports three binary formats or encoding schemes: hex, base64, and UTF - 8. Snowflake requires that incoming data files use this encoding. Attempting to load files into Snowflake tables that do not comply with these can…