scott.marlowe wrote: > > OK, 'vi' shows it as: > > > > COPY people2 (id, persons) FROM stdin; > > 59 Chance Terry--S > > 60 ^M > > \. > > > > which is _exactly the case the error was supposed to catch. Now, the > > big question is where did this dump come from? Pg version? OS platform? > > The originating system is a RedHat 7.2 box with postgresql 7.2.x running > on it. > > The destination system is a RedHat 7.2 box with postgresql 7.4 beta3 > running on it. > > The data likely came out of a (gasp, horrors) windows box.
OK, try this on your 7.2: test=> create table test(x text); CREATE TABLE test=> insert into test values ('\r'); INSERT 17158 1 test=> copy test to '/tmp/out'; COPY Then 'vi' /tmp/out. It should show \r, not ^M. Please report back. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]