"Nagle, Gail A \(US SSA\)" <gail(dot)nagle(at)baesystems(dot)com> writes:
> My question is does the entire string, i.e. "INSERT INTO mytable
> VALUES(" and the integer value need to be UTF8 encoded or can these
> parts be in plain ascii text?
Huh? ASCII text is perfectly legal UTF8.
regards, tom lane