Re: Unknown character on copy

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Lane [mailto:tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us]
>
> Is it also in the first line of the COPY data file?
>
> If so, it's probably a Unicode byte order mark. That's not really
> legitimate in UTF8 data, but some Windows text editors are broken
> enough
> to insert one at the start of a file anyway.
>
> regards, tom lane

Tom, thanks for the idea of the windows text editor - it was
(apparently) the cause of the offending character.

I dropped the table, and redid everything and the character showed up.

So,

I dropped the table - keeping all my processes the same with the
exception of using gedit instead of windows notpad.
The character did not show up.

Thanks again,

Jared