COPY FROM encoding error

From: Arnaud Lesauvage <thewild(at)freesurf(dot)fr>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: COPY FROM encoding error
Date: 2006-11-21 10:20:46
Message-ID: 4562D2FE.40007@freesurf.fr
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Hi list !

I am trying to migrate a database from MSSQL to PostgreSQL.
I created the table in PostgreSQL, and I exported the data
as CSV from MSSQL's Enterprise Manager.

In the "Export Data" Wizard, I chose the option to export as
UNICODE.

In PostgreSQL, I try to load the data using :

COPY mytable (col1, col2, col3)
FROM 'mytable.csv' CSV;

But I receive this error after some time :
ERROR: invalid byte sequence for encoding "UTF8": 0xff
État SQL :22021
Astuce : This error can also happen if the byte sequence
does not match the encoding expected by the server, which is
controlled by "client_encoding".
Contexte : COPY mytable, line 592680

I think that the encoding is OK because more than 500.000
lines are copied without problem, so there might be just one
problematic character here.

How can I solve this problem ?

Thanks a lot !
--
Arnaud

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