Thanks, yes, I tried to install that sample database from ubuntu terminal. The file I downloaded for the sample
databaseis a .zip file.
The link in your email seems for windows version.
What command should I use to achieve : "you only need to unzip the ZIP archive, that gives you a .tar file which you do
NOTneed to unpack."
Thanks
-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas Kellerer <spam_eater@gmx.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2019 11:16 PM
To: pgsql-sql@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: install sample database error
Cao, Xiaowei schrieb am 31.07.2019 um 01:27:
> I tried to download the postgresql sample database dvdrental to install on ubuntu. This is a test environment.
>
> I got some errors while running the restore.sql in the downloaded file.
>
> Psql : restore.sql 1015: Error: could not open file $$PATH$$/3077.dat for reading: NO such file or directory.
>
> And the same error for all other dat files…
>
>
> I guessed first the permission issue, I tried to give the file directory the widest privilege like 777, but still
hasthis error.
>
> Database and tables are created, but there are no rows in table.
>
> What could be wrong, what does $$PATH$$ mean?
I assume you are referring to the sample database from:
https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.postgresqltutorial.com%2Fload-postgresql-sample-database%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cxicao%40seattleschools.org%7C91fbd502a1ac43b8617008d7157eaa0e%7Cd431d15860744832878351ea6f6dd227%7C0%7C1%7C637001506086033723&sdata=tlSyRXLjr1UnKZWBUh2H7qCr8%2F1u9Fv17yEavKMKmSE%3D&reserved=0
You can't restore that sample database using psql, you need to use pg_restore.
As described in the link above, you only need to unzip the ZIP archive, that gives you a .tar file which you do NOT
needto unpack.
Assuming you did already create the dvdrental database, you can restore the backup using:
pg_restore -U postgres -d dvdrental /path/to/dvdrental.tar
Thomas
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