Database Restore Issue: Character/Syntax error

This is a restore of a fully backed up database. I am moving to a new host. The error messege is as follows:

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—-BEGIN RAW—-

ERROR: C1 C2 LEN: 1 2 387
STR: ?

CVS: $Id: sqlparser.lib.php,v 1.1.1.1 2005/12/15 21:43:01 jhaslup Exp $
MySQL: 4.0.27-max-log
USR OS, AGENT, VER: Win MOZILLA 5.0
PMA: 2.7.0-pl2
PHP VER,OS: 4.3.2 Linux
LANG: en-iso-8859-15
SQL: ???– phpMyAdmin SQL Dump
— version 2.6.4-pl2
— https://www.phpmyadmin.net
—
— Host: localhost
— Generation Time: May 30, 2006 at 11:50 PM
— Server version: 4.1.18
— PHP Version: 4.3.11
—
— Database: skylerb_wordpress
—

— ——————————————————–

—
— Table structure for table wp_categories
—

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS wp_categories;

—-END RAW—-

SQL query:

???– phpMyAdmin SQL Dump — version 2.6.4-pl2 — https://www.phpmyadmin.net — — Host: localhost — Generation Time: May 30, 2006 at 11:50 PM — Server version: 4.1.18 — PHP Version: 4.3.11 — — Database: skylerb_wordpress — — ——————————————————– — — Table structure for table wp_categories — DROP TABLE IF EXISTS wp_categories;

MySQL said: Documentation
#1064 – You have an error in your SQL syntax. Check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ‘???

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS wp_categories‘ at line 1
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NOW, it seems as though we have a syntax error, but a search in the .sql file doesn’t return the problem characters. What can I do?