Re: COPY FROM encoding error

On Nov 21, 2006, at 4:20 AM, Arnaud Lesauvage wrote:
> ERROR: invalid byte sequence for encoding "UTF8": 0xff
> État SQL :22021
> Astuce : This error can also happen if the byte sequence does not
> match the encoding expected by the server, which is controlled by
> "client_encoding".
> Contexte : COPY mytable, line 592680
>
> I think that the encoding is OK because more than 500.000 lines are
> copied without problem, so there might be just one problematic
> character here.
>
> How can I solve this problem ?

You need to fix the bad character. You can do this manually, or
search the archives for "UTF8 invalid iconv" for another solution.
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