alexander lunyov <lan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > With this i just wanted to say that lower() doesn't work at all on > russian unicode characters, In that case you're using the wrong locale (ie, not russian unicode). Check "show lc_ctype". Or [ checks back in thread... ] maybe you're using the wrong operating system. Not so long ago FreeBSD didn't have Unicode locale support at all; I'm not sure if 6.2 has that problem but it is worth checking. Does it work for you to do case-insensitive russian comparisons in "grep", for instance? regards, tom lane