PostgreSQL and character set change

Hi all,
We have a PostgreSQL server with ASCII data. We have a requirement for
the db to support UTF also. Which is the best approach -
1) Make a new installation, move data
2) There is some way of doing an 'in-place' conversion and changing the
character set of the existing installation
Please do provide some information on how to do this.
Jayadevan

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