Importing .sql file on windows to postgresql

Question

I have a .sql file that was created by postgresql a while back. I now want to import this file onto a windows machine running postgresql.

How do I do this. The file

Answer 1

start you psql command tool, it will give you dialog like the following

Server [localhost]:
Database [postgres]:
Port [5432]:yourport
Username [postgres]:
Password for user postgres:**********

then connect to your database

postgres=# \c yourdatabase;

then import the file

yourdatabase=# \i c:/path/path/data/data01.sql

note the / for directory separator & no spaces in file path