S3 -> Redshift cannot handle UTF8

Question

We have a file in S3 that is loaded in to Redshift via the COPY command. The import is failing because a VARCHAR(20) value contains an Ä

Answer 1

Please check below link

http://docs.aws.amazon.com/redshift/latest/dg/multi-byte-character-load-errors.html

You should use ACCEPTINVCHARS in you copy command. Details here

http://docs.aws.amazon.com/redshift/latest/dg/r_COPY.html#acceptinvchars