Hi, Thanks for the answer. I've checked and the archive is corrupted. Every time I dump my database with pg_dump command mentioned in the previous post, I've got the same error. Could you please suggest me other compination of parameters for pg_dump, so that it dumps complete database (inluding functions, triggers, procedures, operators, sequences, tables, views etc. and obviously data)? It doesn't have to be stored in .tar archive. Moreover I'd like to inform that I work in Windows environment. Looking forward the answer. BR, Rafal Tom Lane-2 wrote: > > > I suspect you've got a corrupt > tar archive. Does it look sane if you do "tar tvf" on it? > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/pg_dump....-pg_restore...how-long-does-it-take--tf4347124.html#a12404132 Sent from the PostgreSQL - general mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster