> Is it possible to configure PostgreSQL so that a " LIKE 'a' " query > will match a 'á' value, ie, make it accent-insensitive ? Maybe something like this can help you: test=> select to_ascii(convert('tête-à-tête français', 'LATIN9'),'LATIN9'); to_ascii ---------------------- tete-a-tete francais (1 row) If your database encoding is already LATIN9, you can omit the convert(). Yours, Laurenz Albe