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She searches online and learns: dvdrental.tar is a created with pg_dump -Fc . It’s compressed and includes schema + data, but you cannot open it in a text editor or import it like a CSV.

Priya finds the file, but her first problem appears immediately: She double‑clicks it — nothing works. dvdrental.tar udemy

“Don’t try to open dvdrental.tar with WinRAR — it’s not a backup of files, it’s a PostgreSQL backup. Use pg_restore or pgAdmin’s ‘Restore’ option. Here’s the exact command…” She searches online and learns: dvdrental

Including actor , film , category , customer , inventory , payment , and rental . “Don’t try to open dvdrental

I tried extracting it with WinRAR, but it just gave me a strange file structure. Does anyone know the correct way to restore this specific .tar file so I can start querying the data? I am using pgAdmin 4.