# Heroku to fly postgres migration guide not working

**URL:** <https://community.fly.io/t/heroku-to-fly-postgres-migration-guide-not-working/6752>\
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**Created:** [August 30, 2022, 3:02pm UTC](https://community.fly.io/t/heroku-to-fly-postgres-migration-guide-not-working/6752 "2022-08-30T15:02:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![rahmatjunaid](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/fly1/user_avatar/community.fly.io/rahmatjunaid/32/837_2.png) [@rahmatjunaid](https://community.fly.io/u/rahmatjunaid)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2022, 6:06pm UTC](https://community.fly.io/t/heroku-to-fly-postgres-migration-guide-not-working/6752/6 "2022-08-31T18:06:25Z")

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And if the `pg_dump` command still fails after you ssh, then getting your database downloaded locally and then uploading it to postgres has been some users workaround.

You might find [this post of a customer with a similar issue](https://community.fly.io/t/transferring-postgres-from-heroku/6611/13) helpful

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