Re: Restoring from SQL dump

From: Athanasios Kostopoulos <athanasios(dot)kostopoulos(at)classmarkets(dot)com>
To: Erin Jonaitis <jonaitis(at)wisc(dot)edu>
Cc: David Johnston <polobo(at)yahoo(dot)com>, "pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Restoring from SQL dump
Date: 2013-10-18 14:25:55
Message-ID: CAFnWstOxcQMypLkxvtcN-Yu1_ddhr5OZBuYoh2OEAR7A2Mx_TA@mail.gmail.com
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1) find where psql is located in your filesystem
2) add this to your %PATH%

On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 4:22 PM, Erin Jonaitis <jonaitis(at)wisc(dot)edu> wrote:

> Thanks, all. I did also try this from the Windows command prompt -- it gave
> me the standard error it gives when it has no idea what you're talking
> about: "'psql' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
> operable program or batch file." Any Windows PostgreSQL users present?
>
> Erin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgsql-novice-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org
> [mailto:pgsql-novice-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org] On Behalf Of David Johnston
> Sent: Friday, October 18, 2013 9:19 AM
> To: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: Re: [NOVICE] Restoring from SQL dump
>
> Erin Jonaitis wrote
> > 3) Now I have a psql window open with the following prompt:
> > dbname=#
> >
> > 4) I tried typing the following:
> > psql -f M:\LongitudinalDB\backups\2013.10.02\uw.sql
> > and got the following error:
> > Invalid command \LongitudinalDB. Try \? For help.
>
> #3 - you are now in psql
> #4 - you are acting as if you are sitting at your OS shell prompt here
>
> Either learn the psql to run an external file or get back to your OS shell
> prompt and run the psql command from there.
>
> Not sure why you did't get more errors.
>
> Yes, backslashes inside psql denote the intent to use a special command
> which "Long..." is not.
>
> David J.
>
>
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