got it. thanks very much.
On 10/2/07, Martijn van Oosterhout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 27, 2007 at 02:28:27AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I am now importing the dump file of wikipedia into my postgresql using > > maintains/importDump.php. It fails on 'ERROR: invalid byte sequence > > for encoding UTF-8'. Is there any way to let pgsql just ignore the > > invalid characters ( i mean that drop the invalid ones ), that the > > script will keep going without die on this error. > > No, postgres does not destroy data. It you want bits of your data > removed you need to write your own tool to do it. > > That said, are you sure that the data you're importing is UTF-8? > > Have a nice day, > -- > Martijn van Oosterhout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://svana.org/kleptog/ > > From each according to his ability. To each according to his ability to > litigate. > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFHAfOQIB7bNG8LQkwRAlMxAJ93gd9QP/c00tOcK9rSzEUvg4kZcQCfQYjS > JhhN/o8NT9xpahZmMz6XjbA= > =n0T1 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >