Rescuing a db with viSQL

[jda]

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>Have you tried opening the xml file in a text editor and going to 
>that line and removing the offending character? You can at least see 
>what that character is.
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>I once managed to rescue a database by dutifully removing the 
>offending characters ( a few unprintables) which users or some 
>glitch somehow got into fields.
>

Hi Robert, thanks, yes I did.

I opened it in TextWrangler, zapped Germlins, and was able to restore the db...

Jon