use this regular expression ~ regular expression - case insensitive ~*
example SELECT name FROM table1 where name ~* '*Ã*' check here http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/functions-matching.html --- El lun 23-jun-08, Ian Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: De: Ian Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Asunto: [GENERAL] Method to detect certain characters in column? A: pgsql-general@postgresql.org Fecha: lunes, 23 junio, 2008, 5:58 pm So I have a column that contains usernames that have characters such as Ã(c)(R), for example: fuchÃ(c)r.. is there any way to find names with non A-Za-z0-9? Thanks in advance! - Ian -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general