josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> schrieb: > I am having an extremely difficult time restoring the backup.gz I have on > my Desktop. How is this backup.gz created? > So, I tried using PSQL, but I'm still not having any luck. > > Can anyone direct me to a good resource that explains how to go about > restoring a database on a Windows box? Can you unzip the backup.gz and is this then plain ascii with plain sql? If so, than you can call 'psql dbname < backup' (the unzipped file). Sorry, i'm a linux-user, but i think, this should work under windows too. http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/backup.html HTH, Andreas -- Really, I'm not out to destroy Microsoft. That will just be a completely unintentional side effect. (Linus Torvalds) Kaufbach, Saxony, Germany, Europe. N 51.05082°, E 13.56889° ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
