Using special character "ä" in Site name returns Server Error

[GibsonSWE]

Deployment Type

Self-hosted

NetBox Version

v4.0.7

Python Version

3.10

Steps to Reproduce

1. Rename Existing Site to "Centrumvägen 19"
2. Click Save
3. Browser returns Server Error

Expected Behavior

I expect a name field to allow special characters.

Observed Behavior

The browser returns a Server Error with the following exception:

`<class 'django.db.utils.NotSupportedError'>

conversion between UTF8 and SQL_ASCII is not supported
LINE 1: ...: [], "custom_fields": {}, "tags": []}'::jsonb, E'{"created...
^

Python version: 3.10.12
NetBox version: 4.0.7
Plugins: None installed`

[jeremystretch]

This happens because your SQL database is using ASCII encoding. See #18333 for tips on converting to UTF8.

[GibsonSWE]

Thank you Jeremy for the quick response!