Re: Can not restore a dumped database

You only need to use pg_restore with archives that are not in the
plain-text sql format. You can just do this:

psql -f <filename> -U OfficeTalk OfficeTalk

to restore.

On Mon, 5 Mar 2007, Josef Springer wrote:

> iI habe dumped a database with
> pg_dump --file="<filename>" -a --schema="OfficeTalk" -h localhost -U
> OfficeTalk "OfficeTalk"
>
> Restoring it with
> pg_restore -d "OfficeTalk" -a -h localhost -U "OfficeTalk" "<filename>"
>
> i get the error
> pg_restore: [archiver] input file does not appear to be a valid archive
>
> What to do ?
>
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