"G. J. Walsh" <gjwalsh@dscdirectionalservices.com> writes:
> I suffered a major server crash.
> Everything is fully reinstalled now EXCEPT postgresql8.3
> There was no way I could see to get postgres running except by
> removing /var/lib/pgsql/data. That was, I assumed, okay, because I have
> a full backup of all the files.
> So ... I reinstalled postgresql binaries following the same procedure as
> for the initial installation. I then restored the data/global files, but
> postgresql, while finding the database, sees no tables whatever.
You need the *entire* data directory tree, not just /global.
regards, tom lane
