Thanks Giulio and Gabriele, > as Giulio pointed out, it seems like the destination database is in > LATIN1 encoding, rather than UTF8. Could you please confirm this? That was the case. I deleted one of the databases and recreated it with as a UTF-8 encoded database and the import went well. Question: Can I change the encoding system of an existing database? If so, how? Regards Johann -- Johann Spies Telefoon: 021-808 4699 Databestuurder / Data manager Sentrum vir Navorsing oor Evaluasie, Wetenskap en Tegnologie Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science and Technology Universiteit Stellenbosch. "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts." Isaiah 55:8,9 -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin