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are you putting &quot;;&quot; at the end of each line?
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are you putting ";" at the end of each line?

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No, it's not present in the DB dump. That and the EOL would normally be after \. otherwise.
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No, it's not present in the DB dump. That and the EOL would normally be after \. otherwise.

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For a database hosted elsewhere we have asked for a dump to use locally with GIS.<br />
The file we have from the dump has the following in it and fails on the import via SQL query.<br />
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<pre><code id="code-10-29054521-1">COPY catch_methods (name) FROM stdin;
Set Line
Set net
Other
\.</code></pre>
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The error that comes up is:<br />
Invalid command \.. Try \? for help<br />
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What am I missing in regards to this, there are multiple large entries with the above just being a short one.
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For a database hosted elsewhere we have asked for a dump to use locally with GIS.
The file we have from the dump has the following in it and fails on the import via SQL query.

(CODE)


The error that comes up is:
Invalid command \.. Try \? for help

What am I missing in regards to this, there are multiple large entries with the above just being a short one.

PostgreSQL Import from database dump, issues with \.

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PostgreSQL

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