On Mon, Sep 03, 2007 at 01:36:58PM +0530, Ashish Karalkar wrote: > Hello All, > > I have a data script which runs fine from PgAdmin SQL Editor,but when I run > this from command prompt I get following error: > test=# \i /usr/local/pgsql/qsweb1/QSWEB_100_4_Default_Data.sql > > psql:/usr/local/pgsql/qsweb1/QSWEB_100_4_Default_Data.sql:1: ERROR: invalid > byt > e sequence for encoding "UTF8": 0xff > HINT: This error can also happen if the byte sequence does not match the > encodi > ng expected by the server, which is controlled by "client_encoding".
Well, the error is correct, that's not a valid UTF-8 character. I seem to remember someone saying that ooasionally windows puts BOMs in UTF-8 files (which is completely bogus). Check the file using a simple text editor a check if there are some odd characters at the beginning of the file. Have a ncie day, -- Martijn van Oosterhout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://svana.org/kleptog/ > From each according to his ability. To each according to his ability to > litigate.
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