Hi all, I have got a problem with the encoding of special caracters. My DB uses the Encoding 'LATIN1'. I modify data like this in psql: SET CLIENT_ENCODING = 'LATIN1'; update auftraggeber set name_de='Europäische Union'; When I access this in PHP (using this Query: SET CLIENT_ENCODING = 'LATIN1'; select name_de from projekte.sel_auftraggeber; I get this: Europäische Union Hhhm. Is there something I miss here? Is there a way to specify a "standard" encoding in PHP, so that I don't have to set the encoding? Thanks for your help, cheers, Dani