Error when loading data to a table

[VBeaklini]

Hello i´m currently doing a free online course for Power BI for business inteligence when i encountered the following error while using PostegreSQL and loading data to a table:

ERROR:  invalid byte sequence for encoding "UTF8": 0xe9 0x73 0x74

CONTEXT:  COPY TB_PRODUTO, line 2

I understand this looks like a location/language error, but i don´t know how to solve for PostegreSQL, only on Power BI. And please note the default language for my PostegreSQL is already set to UTF-8.

Thanks for the help,

Victor Beaklini

[jennratten · Accepted solution]

It appears to be a problem with the data in the database.  I am not sure that you will be able to fix it or work around it with Power BI.  Here are a few references I found.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4867272/invalid-byte-sequence-for-encoding-utf8 

https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/4777/how-to-solve-utf8-invalid-byte-sequence-copy-errors-on-... 

[VBeaklini]

I managed to solve the problem with your solution. Thanks for the reply.

[v-cgao-msft]

Hi @VBeaklini ,

If jennratten's answer is helpful, please consider marking his answer as a solution. This will help people who later encounter similar problems to find this thread faster, thanks in advance!🙂

Best Regards,
Gao
Community Support Team