On Sat, 2004-06-19 at 16:34, Carter Harrison wrote: > I'm running the latest version of PostgreSQL. I backed up one of my > databases following the instructions in the postgresql documentation. > This means that I did shut down postmaster and I tarred the data > directory just like it says to. Now, I'd like to restore the file > system. I started by just copying the data directory back, but that > hasn't worked for me. Can somebody please give me some detailed > directions on restoring the file system correctly. I think the only > thing that is different about this new install of postgresql is that it > is owned by a different user than before. Thanks. > > -Carter
I just recently upgraded from 7.2.4 to 7.4.2 postgresql. What I did was a pg_dumpall to save my databases. Then after the upgrade I did a pg_restore using the saved dump file. Worked perfectly for me. After I installed the new version of postgresql I did a initdb to setup the new database cluster then a started postgresql. After that I ran a psql -d template1 -f databasebackupfile. The databasebackupfile was created from the pg_dumpall. This recreated all my tables and loaded the data. Very easy and clean. Not sure you can just copy the file systems around like you describe. -- Scot L. Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] After an instrument has been assembled, extra components will be found on the bench. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match