> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Lane [mailto:tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us]
> Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 10:25 AM
> Is it also in the first line of the COPY data file?
>
> If so, it's probably a Unicode byte order mark. That's not really
> legitimate in UTF8 data, but some Windows text editors are broken
> enough
> to insert one at the start of a file anyway.
>
> regards, tom lane
Nope, I verified that there were no extraneous spaces in the copy file.
I will try installing gedit on windows and see if it happens again.