# Failed to import database dump - DK0066 **URL:** \ **Category:** Application Support\ **Created:** [July 18, 2024, 6:39am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/failed-to-import-database-dump-dk0066/3725 "2024-07-18T06:39:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**Author:** ![Allan\_Crabtree](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.kinsta.com/allan_crabtree/32/3100_2.png) [@Allan\_Crabtree](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Allan_Crabtree)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 4:19pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/failed-to-import-database-dump-dk0066/3725/4 "2024-07-22T16:19:53Z")
For others who are also having the same issue, but it was not solved by deleting/re-downloading the site - I posted a very strange alternative solution here: > [@DK0066: IMPORT\_DB\_DUMP: Error (1): (ERROR at line 1: Unknown command '\\-'](https://community.kinsta.com/t/dk0066-import-db-dump-error-1-error-at-line-1-unknown-command/3491/37): > > I have a solution that actually works but you need to be very quick. Step 4 is where the magic happens. Add the site as normal in DevKinsta and wait for it throw the error DK0066. Open the backup.sql file in a fast text editor like Sublime. Some IDE’s might be a bit too slow. Delete the first line /\*!999999- enable the sandbox mode \*/ and Save. NOW is the tricky bit, which nobody seems to have mentioned. Read all of this step first before starting. You need to click ‘Retry’ in DevKinsta which … --- _[View the full topic](https://community.kinsta.com/t/failed-to-import-database-dump-dk0066/3725)._