Actually the command is: initdb --encoding=LATIN1. It fails on Windos. fails on Windows The same command worked fine on PG 8.2.4. Now, using 8.3.7, the command succeeds only with encoding 1252. It comments something on wrong lc_ctype. Thanks Danny -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general