Harry Mantheakis <harry@mantheakis.freeserve.co.uk> writes:
> Meanwhile, am I correct in assuming that re-initialising my database cluster
> with "--locale=C" will solve the problem?
AFAIK it should --- of course you won't get any very intelligent sorting
or case folding, but at least it can tell the difference between
different characters ;-). Be sure to still use encoding = unicode.
regards, tom lane
