yes i'd better look at the postgis list.. i thought for one moment that this was encoding related. thanks for your help -- View this message in context: http://postgresql.nabble.com/pgdump-9-2-4-not-dumping-all-tables-tp5827736p5827760.html Sent from the PostgreSQL - general mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general