> Well, they were generated by MySQL and I can open them with > e.g. the Windows Editor Notepad. But I don't know if they are > actually encoded in UNICODE. > Since I can open the file with Notepad and read the > statements, I assume, it is not UNICODE. They look just like > in the email below. Windows Notepad handles Unicode just fine, both UTF-16 (labeled Unicode in notepad) and UTF-8 (labeled UTF-8). To test, open the file in Notepad, then do "File->Save As". The "Encoding" dropdown box will default to whatever Notepad detected when it opened the file. If it's UTF-16 and you need UTF-8, just change the encoding and save under a different name. //Magnus ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match