[mapserver-users] ASCII -> UTF-8 convert problems for importing (GIS) data

[Stefan Schwarzer]

Hi there,

hmm.... I have a shapefile, which has some unorthodox characters (Ç,  
ì, ...). Now, when importing the file (via shp2pgsql) into postgres,  
it complains about it not being UTF-8 (my database has that format).

So, how can I convert either the dbf file or than in a later stage the  
created text file from (I guess) ASCII into UTF-8?

Thanks for any hints,

Stef