>psql uses your input literally - so is your console/xterm in >UNICODE/UTF8? Client: \encoding returns 'UNICODE'. Server: \list show databases. All databases are UNICODE (except TEMPLATE0 and TEMPLATE1 which are ASCII of course). I use a Mandrake 8.1 distribution and think my console is UNICODE.
> > As for me, I typed INSERT INTO source_content VALUES ('Permis de conduire > > accepté') in Psql. >As I said - psql does not do any conversion. The faulty query is: INSERT INTO test (source_content) VALUES ('Permis de conduire accepté'); I just can't believe that Psql is not UTF-8 compatible. It seems unreal as Psql is PostgreSQL #1 helper application. Should I use PostgreSQL MULE encoding to have automatic trans coding. What are the guidelines, I am completely lost. > > Psql does not insert the data and I have to kill it manually. Can you > > reproduce this? >No. If it hangs this is serious problem. Or did you simply >forgot final ';' ? It btw does not seem valid sql to me, >considering you previously provided table structure. Is it possible that my database is corrupted? I have used pg_dump several times to dump data from production server to development servers and conversely. Does pg_dump produce UTF8 output? What are the guidelines when using UTF-8: forget psql and pg_dump? >In the end: are the strings/queries you give to psql/pg_exec >UTF-8 - this is now main thing, as you have _configured_ >everything correctly. Everything is configured correctly server-side (PostgreSQL, Psql). Thank you very much for your support Marko, Best regards, Jean-Michel ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly