On Tue, Nov 15, 2005 at 07:24:02PM +0100, Magnus Hagander wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I have postgresql 8.0 under windows, with pgadmin 3 > > Unfortunaly i have met a problem with postgresql which > > obliged me to reinstall postgresql. The bad thing is i have > > no backup of my database before the crash (shame on me !! ;-)) ) > > > > So i wonder if it is possible, with the folder of > > /postgreql/data/8.0/data/base which seem contain already the > > directories of my database , to recover it ? > > Assuming yo uhave all the files, sure. Just run the installer again (make > sure you use the same version you had before!!), set the data directory to > the same you had before, and make sure th einstaller is set *not* to run > initdb. It should pick it up automatically.
And to be safe make a backup of the entire directory (/postgresql/data/8.0) if you can. -- Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com work: 512-231-6117 vcard: http://jim.nasby.net/pervasive.vcf cell: 512-569-9461 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
