Unable to restore sql file in postgresql on windows

Question

I'm trying to import sql file in postgresql but unable to do. I tried pgAdmin 4 to restore sql file. I get the error (pg_restore: [archiver] input file does not appear to be a valid archive).

I've also tried to do this with the command prompt but unable to do.

If I do

D:\Program Files (x86)\PostgreSQL\9.1\bin>psql -h 127.0.0.1 -U postgres gorkha < D:/gorkha.sql

It returns

SET
SET
SET
SET
SET
CREATE EXTENSION
COMMENT
REVOKE
REVOKE
GRANT
GRANT

Answer 1

• Create a DB like (Employees)

• Lets say you have a employees.sql file which you want to restore

• postgres is your username

• AT command prompt you are in the same folder with employees.sql Code sample is:

  psql -U postgres -d Employees < employees.sql

Answer 2

use this command to restore an archived backup using pg_restore

pg_restore -U <username> -d <dbname> -1 <filename>.sql

for text/sql based backup you can try

psql -U <username> -d <dbname> -1 -f <filename>.sql