> "0x80" makes me think of the following: > The data originate from a Windows system, where 0x80 is a Euro > sign. Somehow these were imported into PostgreSQL without the > appropriate translation into UTF-8 (how I do not know). > > I wonder: why do you spend so much time complaining instead of > simply locating the buggy data and fixing them? I'd love to fix them. But if I do a search for SELECT * FROM xyz WHERE col like '%0x80%' it doesn't work. How should I search for these characters? Thanks much -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general