Will running the following on your file useful http://www.gnu.org/software/recode/ It helped me with a pg_dump file in the past On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 5:51 PM, Andre Lopes <lopes80andre@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > I'am trying to import an SQL file with 3gb of INSERTS. I must to change the > encode of the file to UTF8, how can I change the encode of the file without > open it? This 3gb file crashes every program... > > Give me a clue. > > Best Regards, > > -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general