"Mikel Lindsaar" <raasdnil@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > But I am hitting a problem. When I try to import the result with COPY > I am getting: > ERROR: invalid byte sequence for encoding "UTF8": 0xa2 > And gives me a line reference. > I then grabbed that line out of the file, unpacked each byte into a > decimal representation and 162 does not appear anywhere. Sure you're counting the lines right? I believe the number COPY gives you is the N'th line of COPY data (ie, N lines after the COPY command) --- not the N'th line of the whole file. Another thing to check is whether embedded newlines &such are throwing off your count. regards, tom lane