When upgrading from 6.5 to 7.0 we backuped all data with pg_dump and so we lost our blobs. I just have the xinv and xinx-files from a file-backup. The blobs are stored in the xinvxxxxx-files, but there is a long leading header. Can anyone point me to the exact format of this files, so I can write a script to restore the blobs ? second question: how do you guys deal with blobs when upgrading/backuping/restoring ? thanx, peter -- mag. peter pilsl phone: +43 676 3574035 fax : +43 676 3546512 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] sms : [EMAIL PROTECTED] pgp-key available