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authorBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2005-12-06 20:26:02 +0000
committerBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2005-12-06 20:26:02 +0000
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<!--
-$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.400.2.3 2005/12/06 20:19:38 momjian Exp $
+$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.400.2.4 2005/12/06 20:26:02 momjian Exp $
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@@ -532,10 +532,12 @@ psql -t -f fixseq.sql db1 | psql -e db1
8.1.X. This is because previous versions allowed invalid <literal>UTF8</>
sequences to be entered into the database, and this release
properly accepts only valid <literal>UTF8</> sequences. One
- way to correct a dumpfile is to use <command>iconv -c -f UTF-8 -t UTF-8</>.
- This will remove invalid character sequences. <command>iconv</>
- reads the entire input file into memory so it might be necessary to
- <command>split</> the dump into multiple smaller files for processing.
+ way to correct a dumpfile is to use <command>iconv -c -f UTF-8 -t UTF-8
+ -o cleanfile.sql dumpfile.sql</>. The <literal>-c</> option removes
+ invalid character sequences. A diff of the two files will show the
+ sequences that are invalid. <command>iconv</> reads the entire input
+ file into memory so it might be necessary to <command>split</> the dump
+ into multiple smaller files for processing.
</para>
</listitem>