Stefan Schwarzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I re-installed my machine and "forgot" to dump my database(s). I  
> naturally still have the whole database folders. For the moment I  
> installed the "old" postgres version (8.1) to be able to read my data.  
> But how can I read them? It seems that it doesn't work that I just  
> overwrite the new database folder with the old one... Would be too  
> simple, I guess...

Should work, if you've got the whole $PGDATA directory tree.  Maybe
you forgot to stop the postmaster while copying the backup into place?

                        regards, tom lane

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