diff --git a/web/pgadmin/tools/sqleditor/__init__.py b/web/pgadmin/tools/sqleditor/__init__.py
index 013e4dc..a9460dd 100644
--- a/web/pgadmin/tools/sqleditor/__init__.py
+++ b/web/pgadmin/tools/sqleditor/__init__.py
@@ -1480,19 +1480,24 @@ def query_tool_status(trans_id):
     if conn and trans_obj and session_obj:
         status = conn.transaction_status()
 
-        # Check for the asynchronous notifies statements.
-        conn.check_notifies(True)
-        notifies = conn.get_notifies()
+        if status is not None:
+            # Check for the asynchronous notifies statements.
+            conn.check_notifies(True)
+            notifies = conn.get_notifies()
 
-        return make_json_response(
-            data={
-                'status': status,
-                'message': gettext(
-                    CONNECTION_STATUS_MESSAGE_MAPPING.get(status),
-                ),
-                'notifies': notifies
-            }
-        )
+            return make_json_response(
+                data={
+                    'status': status,
+                    'message': gettext(
+                        CONNECTION_STATUS_MESSAGE_MAPPING.get(status),
+                    ),
+                    'notifies': notifies
+                }
+            )
+        else:
+            return internal_server_error(
+                errormsg=gettext("Transaction status check failed.")
+            )
     else:
         return internal_server_error(
             errormsg=gettext("Transaction status check failed.")
diff --git a/web/pgadmin/utils/driver/psycopg2/connection.py b/web/pgadmin/utils/driver/psycopg2/connection.py
index cfd161a..e8ca886 100644
--- a/web/pgadmin/utils/driver/psycopg2/connection.py
+++ b/web/pgadmin/utils/driver/psycopg2/connection.py
@@ -51,6 +51,12 @@ else:
 _ = gettext
 
 
+# Replace default ascii encoder with unicode-escape
+# which translates characters to unicode format.
+# Escape special characters to ASCII based on unicode
+encodings['SQL_ASCII'] = 'unicode-escape'
+encodings['SQLASCII'] = 'unicode-escape'
+
 # Register global type caster which will be applicable to all connections.
 register_global_typecasters()
 
diff --git a/web/pgadmin/utils/driver/psycopg2/typecast.py b/web/pgadmin/utils/driver/psycopg2/typecast.py
index f136604..ccebb2f 100644
--- a/web/pgadmin/utils/driver/psycopg2/typecast.py
+++ b/web/pgadmin/utils/driver/psycopg2/typecast.py
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ def register_global_typecasters():
 
 
 def register_string_typecasters(connection):
-    if connection.encoding != 'UTF8':
+    if connection.encoding not in ('UTF8', 'SQLASCII', 'SQL_ASCII'):
         # In python3 when database encoding is other than utf-8 and client
         # encoding is set to UNICODE then we need to map data from database
         # encoding to utf-8.
diff --git a/web/regression/python_test_utils/test_utils.py b/web/regression/python_test_utils/test_utils.py
index 3e517b6..163af10 100644
--- a/web/regression/python_test_utils/test_utils.py
+++ b/web/regression/python_test_utils/test_utils.py
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ def clear_node_info_dict():
         del node_info_dict[node][:]
 
 
-def create_database(server, db_name):
+def create_database(server, db_name, encoding=None):
     """This function used to create database and returns the database id"""
     try:
         connection = get_db_connection(
@@ -130,8 +130,14 @@ def create_database(server, db_name):
         old_isolation_level = connection.isolation_level
         connection.set_isolation_level(0)
         pg_cursor = connection.cursor()
-        pg_cursor.execute(
-            '''CREATE DATABASE "%s" TEMPLATE template0''' % db_name)
+        if encoding is None:
+            pg_cursor.execute(
+                '''CREATE DATABASE "%s" TEMPLATE template0''' % db_name)
+        else:
+            pg_cursor.execute(
+                '''CREATE DATABASE "%s" TEMPLATE template0 
+                ENCODING='%s' LC_COLLATE='%s' LC_CTYPE='%s' ''' %
+                (db_name, encoding[0], encoding[1], encoding[1]))
         connection.set_isolation_level(old_isolation_level)
         connection.commit()