1) Unicode database > I thing that must create a UNICODE database > compile postgres with unicode support, > ./configure --enable-multibyte > ::> createdb -E UNICODE me-e Correct. If you are new to PostgreSQL, why not simply use PostgreSQL RPMs which should be compiled by default with the --enable-multibyte feature (Mandrake RPMs are). 2) PHP multi-byte compatibility > I need to use Mbstring or... PHP needs to be compiled with multi-byte options as explained in http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.configure.php Please note you can overload PHP string functions with their multi-byte safe equivalent using "mbstring.func_overload = positive value" in php.ini. A more detailed information can be found at http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.mbstring.php. Cheers, Jean-Michel POURE
