We do need LATIN1. The error message is: initdb: encoding mismatch The encoding you selected (LATIN1) and the encoding that the selected locale uses (WIN1252) do not match. This would lead to misbehavior in various character string processing functions. Rerun initdb and either do not specify an encoding explicitly, or choose a matching combination. The version is 8.3.7. It worked fine with 8.2.4 -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general