This is the dump command
pg_dump -h localhost -d Aurel -U postgres
Could you suggest a dump command that will match the restore command -
pg_restore -h localhost -d PDW -U postgres aurel.sql
Thanks
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Adrian Klaver" <aklaver@comcast.net>
To: <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
Cc: "Bob Pawley" <rjpawley@shaw.ca>; "Tom Lane" <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2007 3:15 PM
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] pg_restore
> On Sunday 28 October 2007 3:01 pm, Bob Pawley wrote:
>> The latest in the saga -
>>
>> By using - pg_restore -h localhost -d PDW -U postgres aurel.sql
>>
>> I get the message - pg_restore: input file does not appear to be a valid
>> archive.
>>
>> I get this message when I used the aurel.sql file which I previously
>> loaded
>> successfully in 8.1 and also when I use an aurel.sql file which I just
>> successfully dumped a few minutes ago from the 8.1 on my other computer.
>>
>> Could pg_restore in my 8.2 be corrupted??
>>
>> Bob
> What does your dump command look like? My guess is your are doing a plain
> text
> dump and pg_restore only works with the custom formats. If you want to use
> the plain text version than you need to use psql. This maybe how you got
> to
> the point of having both pg_restore and psql on the same line.
> --
> Adrian Klaver
> aklaver@comcast.net
>
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