Postgresql version: 8.1.13 (8.1.13-0etch1)
 database encoding: UTF-8.
 client_encoding: default, that is, it's no set at php level. 
 However, pg_client_encoding returns "UTF8" as client encoding.
 Thank you, Gabriele.
 -----Original Message-----
From: Gabriele Bartolini <
gabriele.bartolini@2ndQuadrant.it>
To: Iñigo Martinez Lasala <
imartinez@vectorsf.com>
Cc: 
pgsql-admin@postgresql.orgSubject: Re: [ADMIN] Bad encoded chars in being inserted into database
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 22:50:42 +0100
Hi,
>
> I agree with this postgres policy, but what I don’t is that you can 
> INSERT them via application. That is, no bad characters should be 
> inserted into database. The check should be made for both import and 
> insert procedures so no bad chars would appear into database.
>
Could you please tell us which PostgreSQL version you are currently 
using? Also it would be useful to know:
* which is your database encoding?
* which is the client_encoding setting you are using?
In general, what you are saying suggests me that you are using the 
SQL_ASCII encoding at some stage in your session (either on the server 
side or the client side).
However, before I go on, please answer the above questions.
Thanks,
Gabriele