# Octal string exception while importing database

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/octal-string-exception-while-importing-database/151987>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [May 19, 2020, 7:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/octal-string-exception-while-importing-database/151987 "2020-05-19T19:55:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![gerhard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/gerhard/32/119479_2.png) [@gerhard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gerhard)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 8:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/octal-string-exception-while-importing-database/151987/2 "2020-05-19T20:39:03Z")

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I pushed a fix. It should be available in the test-passed branch in ~15 minutes

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/0a700d81fca8d84c83428e44e6ff31f392535fc1](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/0a700d81fca8d84c83428e44e6ff31f392535fc1)

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