Re: Removing a corrupt database by hand - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Mike Christensen
Subject Re: Removing a corrupt database by hand
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Msg-id 499D162A.9090708@comcast.net
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In response to Re: Removing a corrupt database by hand  ("Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>)
Responses Re: Removing a corrupt database by hand  (Mike Christensen <imaudi@comcast.net>)
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After looking at it more, it seems the problem is it's trying to rebuild a corrupt DB and not really getting anywhere.  The DB is about 900 megs, and I've given it 6-7hrs to try to repair and it just seems to be stuck.

If I delete the DB directory, I get:

2009-02-19 00:02:05 PST FATAL:  index "41330" contains unexpected zero page at b
lock 0
2009-02-19 00:02:05 PST HINT:  Please REINDEX it.

The process just quits if it can't repair the DB.  How can I tell it not to try to repair this database and just let me access the other DBs?  Thanks!

Mike

Joshua D. Drake wrote:
On Wed, 2009-02-18 at 19:58 -0800, Mike Christensen wrote: 
I have two questions actually..

First off, is there a way to remove a database if the postgres.exe 
service won't start?  It seems if I just delete the data\base\xxxxx 
directory, then postgres will crash.  Is there a way to drop a DB that 
prevents postgres.exe from starting?
   
What happens if you start postgresql in single user mode?
 
Second question, if I just re-install postgres and create a fresh new 
instance, is there a way to import my old data files back into the 
database?  Thanks!

Mike
   

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