Re: Import db from 8.1.3 to 8.3.1

Andrew Sullivan wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 08:24:12PM +0300, Otandeka Simon Peter wrote:
> > Upgraded to 8.3.4 but am still getting the same error
>
> So it isn't an error in 8.3.1.  But my bet is this:
>
> >
> > On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 4:35 PM, Andrew Sullivan <ajs@commandprompt.com> wrote
>
> > >> I am trying to import db from 8.1.3 to 8.3.1 database however I get
> > >> some characters  \x09\x09\x09\x09.
>
> I expect that your problem is that 8.1 allowed some characters in that
> you didn't want.  You probably need to use iconv to change those
> characters to whatever are actually valid.

\x09 is a tab.  I think this behavior was changed in 8.3.something (made
it display as actual tabs instead of escaping them)

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