got it. thanks very much.

On 10/2/07, Martijn van Oosterhout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Sep 27, 2007 at 02:28:27AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > I am now importing the dump file of wikipedia into my postgresql using
> > maintains/importDump.php. It fails on 'ERROR: invalid byte sequence
> > for encoding UTF-8'. Is there any way to let pgsql just ignore the
> > invalid characters ( i mean that drop the invalid ones ), that the
> > script will keep going without die on this error.
>
> No, postgres does not destroy data. It you want bits of your data
> removed you need to write your own tool to do it.
>
> That said, are you sure that the data you're importing is UTF-8?
>
> Have a nice day,
> --
> Martijn van Oosterhout   <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>   http://svana.org/kleptog/
> > From each according to his ability. To each according to his ability to
> litigate.
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