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Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2025 13:47:27 -0800
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Subject: Re: Restore Windows dump to Linux (locale issue)
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On 11/23/25 13:41, Ertan Küçükoglu wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am using PostgreSQL 18.1 on a Windows system.
> I need to move that database to a Linux system of the same version number.
> 
> Windows system use locales name as tr-TR (this is UTF-8 locale)
> Linux system use locale name as tr_TR.UTF-8
> 
> My cluster backup gives error at restore (I think because of that locale 
> naming difference) as below

What was the complete command you gave to do the dump?

> 
> psql:/db.dump:133: ERROR:  invalid LC_COLLATE locale name: "tr-TR"

What objects where the errors on?

> 
> And a bunch of other errors below.
> 
> What can I do to complete this migration?
> 
> Thanks & Regards,
> Ertan


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