RE: [BUGS] Problem with 7.0.3 dump -> 7.1b4 restore

Hi,

I'm trying to see if I can patch this bug myself because we are under some
time constraints. Can anyone give me a tip regarding where in the postgres
source the internal UTF-8 code is converted during a dump?

I believe that the character 0xAD is a ASCII character that looks like a
dash. According to the UTF-8 spec, anything over 0x7F requires another byte
with it (which, I think, means that you should never see the 0xAD character
by itself in a postgres dump, but I am seeing this). So, I'm guessing that
some piece of the UTF-8 conversion routine is a bit off.

Any tips on where to start? I would try to hack a fix by searching for the
offending character in the dump and replacing it with a normal dash but
unfortunately 0xAD is a valid byte when paired with other bytes and these
also exist in our dump.

--Rainer

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgsql-bugs-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org
> [mailto:pgsql-bugs-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org]On Behalf Of Rainer Mager
> Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 12:15 PM
> To: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org; pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: RE: [BUGS] Problem with 7.0.3 dump -> 7.1b4 restore
>
>
> I noticed that 7.1 has officially been released. Does anyone know
> the status
> of the bug I reported regarding encoding problems when dumping a 7.0 db an
> restoring on 7.1?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> --Rainer
>
>
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