Hi, I have a problem with some portuguese characters like: select translate('programação', 'aszzclóençã ', 'aszzcloenca+'); i get: WARNING: ignoring unconvertible UTF-8 character 0xc3a3 and return is: programaco without 'a' is this a problem with tabel encoding? or what? please help and comment. Jarek ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq