On 23 December 2015 at 15:30, Adrian Klaver <adrian.kla...@aklaver.com> wrote:
> On 12/23/2015 06:13 AM, Killian Driscoll wrote: > >> On 23 December 2015 at 14:56, Adrian Klaver <adrian.kla...@aklaver.com >> <mailto:adrian.kla...@aklaver.com>> wrote: >> >> On 12/23/2015 03:43 AM, Killian Driscoll wrote: >> >> On 23 December 2015 at 11:36, John R Pierce <pie...@hogranch.com >> <mailto:pie...@hogranch.com> >> <mailto:pie...@hogranch.com <mailto:pie...@hogranch.com>>> wrote: >> >> On 12/23/2015 2:25 AM, Killian Driscoll wrote: >> >> Sorry, forgot to add: once I get the warning that the >> Pg_dump >> can't be found there is then a password prompt; I tried >> the db >> password and the pc password but both fail: >> >> Password: >> pg_dump: [archiver (db)] connection to database >> "irll_project" >> failed: FATAL: p >> assword authentication failed for user "killian" >> >> >> note that databases don't have passwords, database USERS have >> passwords. 'killian' probably doesn't have a database >> user, and >> since you didn't specify a user, it defaulted to your system >> username (expecting that user to have been created in >> postgres, and >> wanting that probably non-existant postgres users passsword) >> >> so, ok, try the command with -U postgres, as * >> * >> >> *pg_dump -Fc -p 5432 **-U postgres **irll_project | >> pg_restore >> -U postgres -p 5532* >> >> OK - I did the dir and it shows that the dump and restore.exe >> are there, >> but running the above gives the below errors >> >> 09/06/2014 08:35 381,952 pg_dump.exe >> >> 09/06/2014 08:35 180,224 pg_restore.exe >> >> C:\Users\killian>path "C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin";%path% >> >> C:\Users\killian>pg_dump -Fc -p 5432 -U postgres irll_project | >> pg_restore -U po >> stgres -p 5532 >> ccoulould not findd a n "pg_restore" to executeot find a >> "pg_dump" to >> execute >> >> pg_restore: [archiver] did not find magic string in file header >> pg_dump: [custom archiver] could not write to output file: >> Invalid argument >> >> >> >> Try breaking the above down into two steps: >> >> pg_dump -Fc -p 5432 -U postgres -f irll_project.out irll_project >> >> >> Doing this step I get response >> could not find a "pg_dump" to execute >> > > So cd into: > > C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin > > and try: > > pg_dump --help > > that will at least establish that the command is being found. > OK - --help on the 9.3 lists help options > > >> >> pg_restore -U postgres -p 5532 irll_project.out >> >> >> >> >> if/when it prompts for a password, thats the password of the >> 'postgres' database user, as configured in the postgres >> servers. >> >> note it will prompt for the password a couple times, once >> for >> postgres on port 5432, and again for postgres on port 5532, >> at least >> if both database services are configured to require >> passwords for >> local connections. >> >> >> -- >> john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Adrian Klaver >> adrian.kla...@aklaver.com <mailto:adrian.kla...@aklaver.com> >> >> >> > > -- > Adrian Klaver > adrian.kla...@aklaver.com >
