Re: Update - pg_dumpall money problem

From: Hannes Dorbath <light(at)theendofthetunnel(dot)de>
To: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Update - pg_dumpall money problem
Date: 2005-10-10 11:52:22
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..and I guess using custom format (-F c -Z 9) might be saver, because a
newer pg_restore binary then might have a chance to correct things,
depending on the server version it is used against.

On 10.10.2005 13:25, Gary Stainburn wrote:
> I'm trying to move an existing setup on a 7.2 system to another existing
> box running 7.4.
>
> I've done a pg_dumpall and then imported that to the new system but a
> copy is failing with the following:
>
> psql:/backups/eddie_pg_dumpall.sql:3076: ERROR: invalid input syntax
> for type money: "£3.18"
> CONTEXT: COPY invoices, line 1, column net: "£3.18"
>
> I asume that this is because 7.2 includes the currency sign, and 7.4
> doesn't like it.
>
> How do I sptop 7.2 including it, or make 7.4 allow it?

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Regards,
Hannes Dorbath

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