I have solved my restore problem by editing (the relevant part of) the dump (:%s/^I\\\\N^I/^I\\\\N ^I/), a one-off solution <g>
Anyway, thanks for your investigation. On Sun, 05 Oct 2003 19:12:50 -0400, Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >it seems we have to compare the null representation string to the >pre-debackslashing input. Sounds reasonable, IMHO. > I wonder whether it would break any existing apps though. Couldn't be worse than silently converting valid non-null values to NULL ... Servus Manfred ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly