Paul Taylor <paul_t100@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Is there a function that can say whether a textvalue can be encoded in a > particular charset See convert() and friends here: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/interactive/functions-string.html#FUNCTIONS-STRING-OTHER That will issue an error when the text can't be converted, but you could have a plpgsql function catching the exception for you and returning false. Won't be very fast, but will do the job. Regards, -- Dimitri Fontaine http://2ndQuadrant.fr PostgreSQL : Expertise, Formation et Support -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general