Hi, On Fri, 2006-02-10 at 10:50 +0200, James Dey wrote: > Am I correct in saying then that UTF-8 and UNICODE are the same thing as far > as PostgreSQL is concerned? Yes: template1=# CREATE DATABASE test1 ENCODING 'UNICODE'; CREATE DATABASE template1=# CREATE DATABASE test2 ENCODING 'UTF-8'; CREATE DATABASE template1=# \l List of databases Name | Owner | Encoding -----------+----------+---------- ... test1 | postgres | UTF8 test2 | postgres | UTF8 Regards, -- The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc. 1.503.667.4564 PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support Managed Services, Shared and Dedicated Hosting Co-Authors: PL/php, plPerlNG - http://www.commandprompt.com/