How can i restore a file generated by the command:
pg_dump -i -h localhost -p 5432 -U user -F c -b -f bkp_file.backup "alfa"
I tried to use
psql -U user -d alfa-f bkp_file.backup
But i got tons of errors regarding invalid characters. so i’m not sure if i’m doing the pg_dump correctly.
An exemple of the error output:
psql:cmdb_21-11-2012.backup:1399: invalid command \3?6IÅñå|J‼▼§↓OTaIEDóP&5¶◄▲Ct±^ºO-²
psql:cmdb_21-11-2012.backup:1400: invalid command \ÖÿYÇ/µèI=ÜdUEàmß¿ê÷E|>I▬ßf♂*»Å?B/÷
IYñAªóS`Wö3ßAÆ?l*ádECIY‼)á¢'ul#`aåAArZæp2_í_ÉY-ëU&>ïIìO·▼$5
In fact, theres a lot of those characters on the dumped backup file
You’re dumping a compressed form of the data and restoring it using a program expecting the uncompressed form. Either remove the -F c from your pg_dump line or use pg_restore.