SELECT "normalize"('abc', 'def'); -- run-time error ERROR: invalid normalization form: def SELECT U&'\00E4\24D1c' IS NFC NORMALIZED AS test_nfc; test_nfc ---------- t (1 row) SELECT num, val, val IS NFC NORMALIZED AS NFC, val IS NFD NORMALIZED AS NFD, val IS NFKC NORMALIZED AS NFKC, val IS NFKD NORMALIZED AS NFKD FROM (VALUES (1, U&'\00E4bc'), (2, U&'\0061\0308bc'), (3, U&'\00E4\24D1c'), (4, U&'\0061\0308\24D1c'), (5, '')) vals (num, val) ORDER BY num; num | val | nfc | nfd | nfkc | nfkd -----+-----+-----+-----+------+------ 1 | äbc | t | f | t | f 2 | äbc | f | t | f | t 3 | äⓑc | t | f | f | f 4 | äⓑc | f | t | f | f 5 | | t | t | t | t (5 rows) SELECT is_normalized('abc', 'def'); -- run-time error ERROR: invalid normalization form: def