On 11 June 2012 10:42, gipsy-king1 <stuehle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I have to import and watch/edit data stored in an .backup-file. This is a > backup-file, stored by an other firm. > Can you tell me what I have to do? Is that a Postgres dump? If so, is it a plain text dump, a compressed dump or a custom format dump? You can restore plain text dumps by reading them in with the psql utility. For the other dump formats you use pg_restore. If it's something else, you'll need to provide a lot more detail for us to know whether the file is at all useful to you. -- If you can't see the forest for the trees, Cut the trees and you'll see there is no forest. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general