My databases all have the default SQL_ASCII encoding. I read the docs and it says that you shouldn't use it if you're going to have any non-ASCII data. I need to start supporting UTF-8, so it seems I need to convert my database. Can I just convert it, or do I need to dump it, drop it, recreate with UTF-8, and then load the data? Also is it possible to change the default encoding for databases as well? The docs say that you do it with initdb. Do I have to wipe my data directory and start over, or is there some way just to change the default encoding? Thanks for any help. Pat
