[Bioperl-l] bp_pg_bulk_load_gff.pl: invalid command \N

[Aerts, Jan]

Hi all,

Has anyone encountered the following errors when trying to load a gff file into a PostgresQL database? The bioperl version is 1.4. The gff file looks like this:

[start gff file]
GGA10_random    Blast   Gene    1906433 1908278 1e-102  +       .       Gene VIM ; Accession NM_003380.1
GGA10_random    Blast   Gene    1539573 1542536 0.0     +       .       Gene GTF2E1 ; Accession NM_005513.1
[stop gff file]

[start error]
...
psql:/usr/tmp/fdata.30284:85393: invalid command \N
psql:/usr/tmp/fdata.30284:85393: invalid command \N
psql:/usr/tmp/fdata.30284:85394: invalid command \N
psql:/usr/tmp/fdata.30284:85394: invalid command \N
psql:/upsql:/usr/tmp/ftype.30284:1: ERROR:  parser: parse error at or near "("
psql:/usr/tmp/ftype.30284:3: invalid command \.
psql:/usr/tmp/ftype.30284:4: ERROR:  parser: parse error at or near "1"
psql:/usr/tmp/fgroup.30284:1: ERROR:  parser: parse error at or near "("
psql:/usr/tmp/fgroup.30284:13694: invalid command \.
psql:/usr/tmp/fgroup.30284:13695: ERROR:  parser: parse error at or near "1"
psql:/usr/tmp/fattribute.30284:1: ERROR:  parser: parse error at or near "("
psql:/usr/tmp/fattribute.30284:3: invalid command \.
psql:/usr/tmp/fattribute.30284:4: ERROR:  parser: parse error at or near "1"
psql:/usr/tmp/fattribute_to_feature.30284:1: ERROR:  parser: parse error at or near "("
psql:/usr/tmp/fattribute_to_feature.30284:139850: invalid command \.
psql:/usr/tmp/fattribute_to_feature.30284:139851: ERROR:  parser: parse error at or near "1"
[stop error]

Any help appreciated.
Thanks,
Jan Aerts