I'm trying to load database info from a text file into postgresql. the text files came with headers and everything. those were stripped in VI leaving only the data to be imported. using COPY FROM I was able to import 9 0f 15 files no problem. 6 are giving me fits. I'm thinking that there is some unreadable control character that is gumming up the works. does anyone know of a way to view these unreadable characters so that I can try to get the files loaded? thanks Dave Kucharski