Re: pg_restore valid archive

eel(at)javabox(dot)com (Eel) writes:

> Hi,
> I'm trying to upgrade to 7.2 from 7.0. I first tried pg_dump from
> 7.0 and then pg_restore. It gave me "input file does not appear to be
> a valid archive". I did a bit of research and found that versions of
> pg_dump/restore are incompatible, so I pg_dumped it from the 7.2
> pg_dump. It still gives me the same error. What do I need for a
> valid archive? I'm doing something like:

If you're dumping in straight SQL format (the default), just use
'psql' to do the restore:

$ psql -f <dumpfile> <dbname>

-Doug
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