Hi Folks (hope I haven’t left anyone out)
SUCCESS (ALMOST)!!
>>I’ve managed to re-install Postgres *without any install errors* and
>>I’ve managed to login *without any connection errors*
But..I’m not 100% sure how I did it and..
>>I can’t access my table data
I think I got Postgres to install properly because of one or more of the following, after performing a(nother) uninstall:
1) I set the registry Postgres data reference to point to the default location on the C: drive
2) I made sure that I didn’t have anything in the \data folder on the D: drive, by putting my \data_old well away from my intended data location, to avoid any ‘interference’ or confusion by the Postgres during installation
3) I had a problem performing step 2, because I’d just started a reinstall when I thought (2) was a good idea, so I aborted the installation, which resulted in a file that just would not move, and so forced me to run chkdsk. This found the offending orphaned file, but may have fixed something else??
4) I chose a database password during the install that did not include any special characters
Having been able to successfully connect to Postgres using both Navicat and pgAdmin, I then moved my \data_old back to the \9.2 folder on the D: drive, and modified the registry reference to point to this location..however I can’t see my old tables.
I can change my registry reference to point to D:\..\9.2\data or D:\..\9.2\data_old without any (apparently) undesirable consequences, but I just can’t see my tables in the system, which makes me think I need to do more than this. I am unable to rename \data to move all my old files wholesale into that folder, as Windows won’t let me, but if I move \base which appears to have all the database in it (and is about double the size in my old dataset), I get the same result, I can’t see my tables.
I realise Thomas at least will frown most deeply at these ‘operations’, though they often work as a low-tech solution in many programs. Clearly the best result would be able to pg_dump from my old data and pg_restore it into my new set up, but it seems I am not able to properly see my old data in the first place.
>Any ideas please?
Feeling much more at home in the community –and cheered by so many of you coming to help!
Much thanks
Stephen
