# Unable to restore/update discourse (PG::InvalidTextRepresentation: ERROR: invalid input syntax for type integer: "\[\]")

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**Created:** [June 13, 2022, 4:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-restore-update-discourse-pg-error-invalid-input-syntax-for-type-integer/229828 "2022-06-13T16:41:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Spitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac8455/32.png) [@Spitap](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Spitap)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2022, 8:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-restore-update-discourse-pg-error-invalid-input-syntax-for-type-integer/229828/13 "2022-06-13T20:38:58Z")

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> [@david](#):
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> Maybe it’s left over from some manual work on the console, or a bad import

Well in our case, the forum was set up at the beginning of this month, and no interactions with the console whatsoever (nor imports). In fact, I’ve discovered rails console today 😄

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