Thanks for pointing this out. I tested this again and it works great. I have been trying to make sure I understand how to recreate a database from the dump files. The error I was seeing must have been caused by something else. Sorry for the trouble and thanks for the response. -----Original Message----- From: Tom Lane [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 9:45 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Re: pg_dump/psql < db.out issue Michael Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have several tables with text fields that contain single quotes ('). > Pg_dump exports these tables and the single quotes (') okay. Psql, > however, will not import the data into the tables because of the single > quote (') in one of the columns in one of the records. Huh? That's worked just fine for a long time. What version are you running? play=> select * from foo; f1 ---------- I'm here (1 row) play=> \q $ pg_dump -t foo play >quote.sql $ cat quote.sql \connect - tgl CREATE TABLE "foo" ( "f1" text ); COPY "foo" FROM stdin; I'm here \. $ psql play Welcome ... play=> drop table foo; DROP play=> \i quote.sql You are now connected as new user tgl. CREATE play=> select * from foo; f1 ---------- I'm here (1 row) play=> regards, tom lane