Am Freitag, 4. Januar 2008 15.58:23 schrieb Popovici Alexandru: > Hello, > > For my database ( PostgreSQL 8) I made a backup ( > using pgAdmin ). Now when I try to restore the data ( > again using pgAdmin ) at some point the process is > aborted: > > ----------- > pg_restore: ERROR: invalid byte sequence for > encoding "UNICODE":0xa1 > CONTEXT: COPY ............... > pg_restore: [archiver(db)] error returned by > PQendcopy: invalid byte sequence for encading > "UNICODE":0xa1 > CONTEXT: COPY ............... > pg_restore: *** aborted because of error > Process returned exit code 1 > ----------- There are serveral possible reasons for this issue. -Restoring on a newer server then the backup was taken from. The servers got pickier regarding encoding over several versions. -Restoring on a server with diverent encoding then the encoding of the server where the backup came from. -Restoring with a differen client encoding at the pgAdmin (probably different version or setting). -Corruptet data file. -... If you need more assistance we need to know the platform, versions and parameters you used for the process. Best regards Ivo > > If I delete the database and restore only the > schema I get this message: > > ----------- > "WARNING: errors ignored on restore:21 > Process returned exit code 1" > ----------- > > The designer of database has told me that this last > message is OK, and this is the message which should I > get after restoring the schema and data. > I have asked him why I can restore the data but > unfortunatelly he doesn't now where the problem is. > The database is installed on a server with Windows > 2003 . > > Can you please help me? > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ >_________ Be a better friend, newshound, and > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? > > http://archives.postgresql.org ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
