Dave Lazar <hunkybill@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > I have a database that was created with the encoding set to SQL_ASCII. > A lot of data comes with accented characters. You need to figure out what encoding that data is actually in (hint: it's not ASCII) and specify that encoding as the client_encoding in the restore script. Postgres will then be able to convert the data to UTF-8 correctly. If the data is actually all in one encoding, this shouldn't be too painful. If it's in a mishmash of different encodings, you are in for some pain getting things fixed up :-( regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq