Could someone explain why \208 is not a valid syntax for bytea? I am getting the following: test=> select E'\\207'::bytea; bytea ------- \207 (1 row) test=> select E'\\208'::bytea; ERROR: invalid input syntax for type bytea test=> select E'\\209'::bytea; ERROR: invalid input syntax for type bytea test=> select E'\\210'::bytea; bytea ------- \210 (1 row) This all started when our version(older) of bugzilla trying to open a new bug with a word attachment via email: Aug 9 11:43:15 brain01 postgres[8631]: [5-1] ERROR: invalid byte sequence for encoding "UTF8": 0xd0cf The first two bytes of the word document are 0xd0 0xcf and I am assuming they are putting the two together since 0xd0 is invalid 0xd0 == \208 Thanks, Woody ---------------------------------------- iGLASS Networks 211-A S. Salem St Apex NC 27502 (919) 387-3550 x813 www.iglass.net ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org/