Re: [GENERAL] Moving postgresql data to another computer

2010-05-11 Thread Scott Marlowe
On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 2:16 PM, Donald Catanzaro, PhD wrote: > Good Day All, > > I am a newbie to PostgreSQL and I recently installed it on my desktop > (Windows XP) I created a database fine and worked a bunch of queries.  I am > traveling now and I needed access to my database on my laptop (Win

Re: [GENERAL] Moving postgresql data to another computer

2010-05-11 Thread Richard Broersma
On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 1:52 PM, Donald Catanzaro, PhD wrote: > Well, needless to say I naively copied the data over. > First off I did not stop the database server (thus violating > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/interactive/backup-file.html) and I am > not near my desktop.  Does that mean m

Re: [GENERAL] Moving postgresql data to another computer

2010-05-11 Thread Donald Catanzaro, PhD
Hi All, Well, needless to say I naively copied the data over. First off I did not stop the database server (thus violating http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/interactive/backup-file.html) and I am not near my desktop. Does that mean my copy is in essence useless and I have to start over ?

[GENERAL] Moving postgresql data to another computer

2010-05-11 Thread Donald Catanzaro
Good Day All, I am a newbie to PostgreSQL and I recently installed it on my desktop (Windows XP). I am traveling now (laptop is Windows Vista) and I needed access to my database. So before I left, I installed PosgreSQL on the laptop and then copied the data in the PostgreSQL data directory over

Re: [GENERAL] Moving postgresql data to another computer

2010-05-11 Thread Richard Broersma
On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 1:16 PM, Donald Catanzaro, PhD wrote: > I am a newbie to PostgreSQL and I recently installed it on my desktop > (Windows XP) I created a database fine and worked a bunch of queries.  I am > traveling now and I needed access to my database on my laptop (Windows > Vista).  S

[GENERAL] Moving postgresql data to another computer

2010-05-11 Thread Donald Catanzaro, PhD
Good Day All, I am a newbie to PostgreSQL and I recently installed it on my desktop (Windows XP) I created a database fine and worked a bunch of queries. I am traveling now and I needed access to my database on my laptop (Windows Vista). So before I left, I installed PosgreSQL on the laptop