Hi there,
I'm currently stuck on a problem with a db dump from pg_dump that contains a database with text columns containing json. I'm wondering if there's something I need to do to properly dump the data that I'm not doing or to restore.
This is how I'm doing each:
pg_dump -U postgres mydb -f myfile.sql
and to restore:
psql -U postgres mydb -f myfile.sql
I get tons of errors about the nulls in the data along with the following syntax errors:
psql:rm_prod-1-19-2012.sql:148863: invalid command \N
psql:rm_prod-1-19-2012.sql:148864: invalid command \N
psql:rm_prod-1-19-2012.sql:148865: invalid command \N
psql:rm_prod-1-19-2012.sql:148866: invalid command \N
psql:rm_prod-1-19-2012.sql:148867: invalid command \N
psql:rm_prod-1-19-2012.sql:148868: invalid command \
psql:rm_prod-1-19-2012.sql:148870: invalid command \N
psql:rm_prod-1-19-2012.sql:148871: invalid command \N
psql:rm_prod-1-19-2012.sql:148877: invalid command \N
psql:rm_prod-1-19-2012.sql:148879: invalid command \N
psql:rm_prod-1-19-2012.sql:148882: ERROR: syntax error at or near "",""
LINE 1: ","text":"RT @GSElevator: #1: Congress is allowed to trade o...
^
psql:rm_prod-1-19-2012.sql:148882: ERROR: syntax error at or near "a"
LINE 1: a href="
^
psql:rm_prod-1-19-2012.sql:148882: ERROR: syntax error at or near "http"
^
psql:rm_prod-1-19-2012.sql:148882: ERROR: syntax error at or near "rel"
LINE 1: rel="
^
psql:rm_prod-1-19-2012.sql:148882: ERROR: syntax error at or near "nofollow"
LINE 1: nofollow"
^
psql:rm_prod-1-19-2012.sql:148882: ERROR: syntax error at or near "&"
LINE 1: >
^
psql:rm_prod-1-19-2012.sql:148882: invalid command \
psql:rm_prod-1-19-2012.sql:148892: invalid command \N
Any guidance on what I'm doing wrong would be appreciated.
Thanks,
-Michael