After struggling with similar issues, I’ve just found, that xml formatter handles UTF8 properly. manage.py dumpdata –format=xml > output.xml I had to transfer data from Django 0.96 to Django 1.3. After numerous tries with dump/load data, I’ve finally succeeded using xml. No side effects for now. Hope this will help someone, as I’ve landed at … Read more
Could be something similar to this. Run it with: python manage.py dumpdata –indent=2 -v 2 –traceback gigs To see the underlying error.
As of version 1.1 and greater, the Django dumpdata management command allows you to dump data from individual tables: ./manage.py dumpdata myapp1 myapp2.my_model You can also separate multiple apps and models on the command line. Here’s the canonical definition: django-admin dumpdata [app_label[.ModelName] [app_label[.ModelName] …]]