# SQL Error during import

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/sql-error-during-import/27793>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [April 21, 2015, 9:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sql-error-during-import/27793 "2015-04-21T09:06:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![elberet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/elberet/32/122404_2.png) [@elberet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/elberet)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2015, 4:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sql-error-during-import/27793/17 "2015-05-03T16:10:58Z")

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Argh. I’m so blind. 😭

![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/3/6/36917e8b19262785df79d70244096ebdb969c227.gif)

You have to name the files individually:

```bash
tar -czf new-backup.tar.gz -C cocos2d-forum-2015-05-01-041307 meta.json dump.sql uploads

```

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