diff --git a/include/debug.php b/include/debug.php
index a0de99f36..af4f29364 100644
--- a/include/debug.php
+++ b/include/debug.php
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ function echo_debug      ($file,$line="",$msg="") {
     
     $sql= "insert into log (lg_file,lg_line,lg_msg) ".
  	  "values ('$file','$line','$msg');";
+//    pg_exec ($cn,"\set encoding 'latin1'");
+  //  echo pg_client_encoding($cn);
+    pg_set_client_encoding($cn,'latin1');
     pg_exec($cn,$sql);
   }
 }
diff --git a/include/postgres.php b/include/postgres.php
index 76b6abe3a..1305bb2af 100644
--- a/include/postgres.php
+++ b/include/postgres.php
@@ -98,7 +98,9 @@ function DbConnect($p_db=-1,$p_type='dossier') {
  */
 function ExecSql($p_connection, $p_string) {
   echo_debug(__FILE__,__LINE__,"SQL = $p_string");
-
+  // probl. with Ubuntu & UTF8
+  //----
+  pg_set_client_encoding($p_connection,'latin1');
   $ret=pg_query($p_connection,$p_string);
   if ( $ret == false ) { 
     echo_error ("SQL ERROR ::: $p_string");