How can I import a .sql file into my Heroku postgres database?

Question

I have a backup sql file from another database that I want to import into Heroku\'s postgres database. How do you do that?

Answer 1

Load the SQL into a local Postgres instance and make sure it's correct. Then dump the data using the directions here: https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/heroku-postgres-import-export

Finally, upload the dump to a public web server (like S3) and restore to Heroku like this:

heroku pgbackups:restore DATABASE 'https://s3.amazonaws.com/me/items/3H0q/mydb.dump'