Hello, I am using postgresql and PHP to develop an application supporting English/French/Arabic Data. I am using PHP5RC1 and Postgresql 7.4.2 When the user enters french caracters (é,è,...) I get the following error. ==================== Warning: pg_query() [function.pg-query]: Query failed: ERROR: invalid byte sequence for encoding "UNICODE": 0xe96d61 in /usr/local/apache2/htdocs/Classes/DBAdapter.class.php on line 27 ==================== I managed to save my SQL string into a file. When open with vi, the file reads ============== update classe set code='MATE',description='Mathématiques Elémentaires',cycle='SEC',classesuperieure=NULL,info=NULL where code='MATE' ~ ============== whereas the command cat shows ============== update classe set code='MATE',description='Math�matiques El�mentaires',cycle ='SEC',classesuperieure=NULL,info=NULL where code='MATE' ============== I tried to figure out what to do; when I copy and paste the content of the file into the "psql" tool, it works perfectly and I can see the accented letters in my browser; whereas the psql's command "\i <filename>" generates the same. Any help would be appreciated Regards Dani Mezher