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pg_restore: [archiver] input file appears to be a text format dump. Please use psql.

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Bug report

C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\10\bin\pg_restore.exe --verbose --host=127.0.0.1 --port=5432 --username=postgres --dbname=db_1
Restore started at Mon Aug 13 13:36:02 SGT 2018
pg_restore: [archiver] input file appears to be a text format dump. Please use psql.
Restore finished at Mon Aug 13 13:36:03 SGT 2018
The pipe has been ended
Process exit code: 1

Issue Analytics

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Created 5 years ago
Reactions:5
Comments:10 (1 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

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mlarchercommented, Apr 13, 2020

why does dbeaver allow a SQL export that it cannot import it if that is just a matter of using psql instead of pg_restore ? Sounds like an easy fix to me !

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KBSchmidtcommented, Jan 11, 2022

Which then begs the question, what does “Plain” import even do, if it’s not for importing “Plain” sql dumps?

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