Re: v8.3 + UTF8 errors when restoring DB

Dean:

I did the dump as so:

Psql –Upostgres databasename > c:\temp\dump.sql

I think the database was set to SQL_ASCII before I dumped it, because when I did the 2nd restore last night to a new SQL_ASCII database, it worked fine, so that’s where I am at right now, the database is running fine on 8.3 as SQL_ASCII but I don’t want to keep it like that.

So what do you suggest I do now? Make another 8.3 database in UTF8 and dump the 8.3 SQL_ASCII one using –E with UTF8? What will it do to the characters that can’t be interpreted?

Thanks

Mitch

From: pgsql-general-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org [mailto:pgsql-general-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org] On Behalf Of Dean Gibson (DB Administrator)
Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2008 9:58 AM
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] v8.3 + UTF8 errors when restoring DB

Well, you partially hosed yourself when you did the dump using a 'client_encoding' of 'SQL_ASCII'. If the 8.2 database is still around, redo pg_dump using the '-E' parameter to set the client_encoding to UTF-8, then import the data into your 8.3 database created with a UTF-8 encoding.

If you don't have the 8.2 server around any more, it's a bit more complicated. How did you do the pg_dump (what format)?

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