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Does anybody have a solution?

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v-jingzhang
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Hi @Anonymous 

 

Please try to use the PostgreSQL ODBC Driver UNICODE(x64) instead of the ANSI(x64) version driver. 

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You can refer to these links regarding the same error: 

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38481829/postgresql-character-with-byte-sequence-0xc2-0x81-in-en... 

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/ODBC-Error-Not-sure-how-to-resolve-it/m-p/523267 

 

Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ Jing
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