On 25 November 2011 20:04, Alpha Beta <dzjitaru@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi list, > I have got two files (template1.dmp, example1.dmp) and I want to open them > in postgresql, I tried the following commands: > - Import template1 : > * createdb -U postgres template1 > * psql -U postgres template1 < template1.dmp > - Create the sample of the database: > * createdb -U postgres example1 > * psql -U postgres example1 < example1.dmp > I've got no error reported by postgres but nothing happened either. > How should I proceed exactly? Sorry I'm a newbie with PostgreSQL :)
I'm assuming this is a custom-format file, which is a binary file. You need to use pg_restore to restore the file: