I found this problem, where 'ã' MUST be ILIKE 'Ã' (PostgreSQL 8.2.12, RedHat x86_64):
brd2=# SET client_encoding TO unicode; SET brd2=# SELECT 'ã' LIKE 'ã'; ?column? ---------- t (1 registro) brd2=# SELECT UPPER('ã') LIKE UPPER('ã'); ?column? ---------- t (1 registro) brd2=# SELECT 'Ã' LIKE UPPER('ã'); ?column? ---------- f (1 registro) brd2=# SHOW lc_collate ; lc_collate ---------------- pt_BR.iso88591 (1 registro) The correct LC_COLLATE would be pt_BR.utf8 or is it a bug? -- Daniel Cristian Cruz クルズ クリスチアン ダニエル