Adam Witney wrote: > psql:bugasbase2-backup:45880: ERROR: invalid UTF-8 byte sequence detected > near byte 0xb5 > CONTEXT: COPY array_scheme, line 17560, column gene_identifier: "B?G@S > (0G11)" > > This dump file will load error free into 7.4.8. > > Does anybody have any ideas why this is failing in 8.1.2? 8.1 changed UTF-8 handling to be more strict about invalid sequences. You may want to read the 8.1.0 release notes. <http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/release-8-1.html> -- Seneca Cunningham scunning@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx