C:\ham>chcp 65001 Aktive Codepage: 65001. C:\ham>psql -U postgres Passwort f�r Benutzer postgres: psql (8.4devel) WARNING: Console code page (65001) differs from Windows code page (1252) 8-bit characters might not work correctly. See psql reference page "Notes for Windows users" for details. Type "help" for help. postgres=# \l Nicht genügend Arbeitsspeicher. postgres=# "chcp 65001" is the setting for UTF8 on Windows 2000 and up. Thought it would be worth a try, as my default encoding on client and server when attacking PostgreSQL via Python is UTF8. Rather strange: "Passwort f�r Benutzer postgres:" - the u-umlaut gets scrambled "Nicht genügend Arbeitsspeicher." - the u-umlaut does not get scrambled and "Nicht genügend Arbeitsspeicher." is roughly "not enough RAM", which is really not expected just for changing the code page Harald -- GHUM Harald Massa persuadere et programmare Harald Armin Massa Spielberger Straße 49 70435 Stuttgart 0173/9409607 no fx, no carrier pigeon - EuroPython 2009 will take place in Birmingham - Stay tuned! -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general