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<title>Functions and Operators</title>

<literal><function>convert_to</function>(<parameter>string</parameter> <type>text</type>,

<parameter>dest_encoding</parameter> <type>name</type>)</literal>

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Convert string to <parameter>dest_encoding</parameter>.

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