Scripts and source available here: sql_ascii_to_utf8 The Goal To be able to take a Postgres Database which is in SQL_ASCII encoding, and import it into a UTF8 encoded database. Requirements: Python3 (For RHEL/CentOS 7 yum install python34) python-nagiosplugin My pre-built RPMs or pip3 install nagiosplugin PyNagSystemD The Problem PostreSQL will generate errors like this if it encounters any non-UTF8 byte-sequences during a database restore: # pg_dump -Fc test_badchar | pg_restore -d test_badc...