It looks like it started off as a permissions problem. I added the users to the database before trying again and this time it worked fine.
I have attached the log from the original attempt if you wish to have a look. Mike On Fri, 2004-12-17 at 22:35, Tom Lane wrote: > "Mike G." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > In testing RC1 today I attempted to use pg_dump -h cygwin_box mydb | psql > > -h RC1_box mydb > > > It started off ok but at somepoint while transferring data over in a table > > it went astray. I started getting rows and rows of syntax errors most of > > them saying "invalid command \N". > > This report is really of entirely zero use :-(. > > Show us exactly what went wrong, please --- in particular what happened > *before* you started getting all the complaints about \N. > > regards, tom lane
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