Re: [GENERAL] Restoring Database from Data directory backup.

2008-07-13 Thread Klint Gore
J Ottery wrote: Using XP Pro and Postgres 8.3 I made a backup of the "Data" directory of the Postgres Installation to another place on the hard disk. Now the customer has uninstalled postgres then reinstalled a new one. Of course the original tables are all gone. Is there a method of retrieving t

Re: [GENERAL] Restoring Database from Data directory backup.

2008-07-13 Thread J Ottery
On Jul 14, 12:57 pm, J Ottery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Using XP Pro and Postgres 8.3 > I made a backup of the "Data" directory of the Postgres Installation > to another place on the hard disk. > Now the customer has uninstalled postgres then reinstalled a new one. > Of course the original table

[GENERAL] Restoring Database from Data directory backup.

2008-07-13 Thread J Ottery
Using XP Pro and Postgres 8.3 I made a backup of the "Data" directory of the Postgres Installation to another place on the hard disk. Now the customer has uninstalled postgres then reinstalled a new one. Of course the original tables are all gone. Is there a method of retrieving the original tables