non-utf8 encoded characters in obo files

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#5 non-utf8 encoded characters in obo files

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Updated: 2009-01-16

Created: 2009-01-16

Creator: angiuoli

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These files are parsed without error but psql throws an error
ERROR: invalid byte sequence for encoding "UTF8": 0x9f
HINT: This error can also happen if the byte sequence does not match the encoding expected by the server, which is controlled by "client_encoding".
CONTEXT: COPY cvterm, line 8379
Died with 'Some error occured during the execution of 'cat /local/scratch/mugsydb/initdb/1804_default/parse_obo_files/g1/go//cvterm.out | ....

Is it acceptable to convert all obo input to utf8 during parsing?

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angiuoli - 2009-01-16

committed a one line fix to obov1p2tochado.pl converting input to utf8.

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