psql (PostgreSQL) 8.3.7 server_version 8.3.7 server_encoding UTF8 client_encoding win1252 lc_numeric Finnish, Finland lc_monetary Finnish, Finland testdb=# SELECT to_char(3.1415::numeric(5,2), '999D99L'); ERROR: invalid byte sequence for encoding "UTF8": 0x80 HINT: This error can also happen if the byte sequence does not match the encoding expected by the server, which is controlled by "client_encoding". If connected to postgres database the query returns 3,14. Mikko -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general