pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org writes:
> On SuSE Linux for the Alpha(AXP) architecture 'COPY BINARY FROM'
> seems not to be able to read a file that was generated by
> 'COPY BINARY TO' before.
Hmm. The regression tests do pass on other Linux/Alpha platforms.
Could you look at the generated file and see if it seems correct
or not? (The format is documented on the COPY reference page ---
note that it is different in 7.1 than it was in prior releases.)
regards, tom lane