Hi all, I've successfully converted a huge mssql ddl to postgres 8.1.9 - I could upgrade if need be. We run both db's for our app depending on the customer. We have a new feature, storing serialized java objects in the db, and I'm having trouble with on this insert: INSERT INTO "FUND_ASSET_DTO_BINARY" ("fundAssetDTOBinaryID",OBJ_VERSION,"binaryFundAssetDTO")VALUES(1,0,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If that line is not showing up on your newsreader, please see this link: http://braziloutsource.com/random/postgres_bytea_problem.txt When inserting, I get: ERROR: syntax error at or near "xACED0005 <snip> I've been googling / reading the docs and I tried several things that have not worked, but thought I'd post here while I'm trying solutions. Any ideas? I'm open to any cast or modifying the insert to use psql functions, etc. Thanks! Robert ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly