Re: Restore

On Friday 24 December 2010 12:36:32 pm Bob Pawley wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am attempting to restore a database using -
>
> psql PDW < PDW_June_10.sql
>
> psql –U postgres PDW < PDW_June_10.sql

psql –U postgres -d PDW  -f PDW_June_10.sql

>
> The response asks me for a password.
>
> I use the same password with which I connect to the server but it is not
> accepted.
>
> Without the –U postgres identifier it asks me for the password of my
> computer - which doesn’t exist.

Without a specified -U it psql will use your system user name.
See here for all the gory details:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/interactive/app-psql.html

>
> How can I get around this??
>
> Bob



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