Mario Splivalo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have this issue: > postgres=# select E'\xc5\x53\x94\x96\x83\x29'; > ERROR: invalid byte sequence for encoding "UTF8": 0xc553
This is expected since the string is not valid as text. > I'm using the above mentioned string to store data into bytea column. I > did pg_dump of the database on postgres 8.2, and then tried to restore > it on postgres 8.3, and I got this error. The actuall line that produces > error is like this: > INSERT INTO vpn_payins_bitfield (vpn_id, payload_pattern, encription, > encription_key, charset, amount_width, shop_width, counter_width) VALUES > (3, E'\\W*(\\w+)(?:\\W+(.*))?', 'RC4', > E'\xc5\x53\x94\x96\x83\x29'::bytea, 'ABCDEGHIKLMOPTWX', 16, 8, 16); Exactly what version of pg_dump are you using? What I get from pg_dump doesn't look like that. Bytea fields with -D look more like this: INSERT INTO foo (f1) VALUES ('\\305S\\224\\226\\203)'); regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-sql mailing list (pgsql-sql@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-sql