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

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-restore-update-discourse-pg-error-invalid-input-syntax-for-type-integer/229828>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**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, 5:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-restore-update-discourse-pg-error-invalid-input-syntax-for-type-integer/229828/6 "2022-06-13T17:51:11Z")

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I’m not sure if I’ve done it correctly, but here is what I get :

```plaintext
=> #<ActiveRecord::Relation [#<SiteSetting id: 56, name: "selectable_avatars", data_type: 17, value: "[]", created_at: "2022-06-07 04:30:35.458837000 +0000", updated_at: "2022-06-08 08:14:54.196037000 +0000">]>

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