--yes, i've looked at it. it appears fine.
--i just can't do a lot with it because
--i am getting errors like 'trailing null missing'
--and the like.
--i'm going to try to use MS Access or something to
--move the data around. even when i 'cp' / 'cat' /
--'cut and paste' the data, 'file' gives me the same
--message.
--what i don't get (and this could be a Unix question)
--is why there are differences anyway. it would
--seem to me that if the data is being copied
--out the same way, from the same location, the
--results should be the same.
--i would't think that 'file' would see different
--formats when the source should be the same.
-X
>>
>>> How does PostgreSQL figure out what the difference
>>> when copying a file?
>>It doesn't. 'file' does. The data you export just happens to
>>look like the formats 'file' thinks it is in. And maybe it is.
>>Have you tried actually *looking* at the data in question ?
>>
>>Karsten
>>