Re: Error message restarting a database - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Adrian Klaver
Subject Re: Error message restarting a database
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Msg-id 85497da8-6e5c-4ed9-6412-7b72de5bc7fc@aklaver.com
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In response to Error message restarting a database  (Begin Daniel <jfd553@hotmail.com>)
List pgsql-general
On 1/27/19 12:23 PM, Begin Daniel wrote:
> I worked with a PostgreSQL database (9.3) for a couple of years on my 
> PC. I shut down the PostgreSQL server about a year ago and I obviously 
> did not access the database since. Now I am trying to access again to 
> the database but I get the following error message…
> 
> FATAL: ·"pg_tblspc/113608/PG. 9.3_ 201306121/18364" is not a valid data 
> directory
> 
> DETAIL: File ·" pg_tblspc/113608/PG. 9.3_ 201306121/18364/PG_VERSION" is 
> missing.
> 
> Anyone has an idea on how to solve this problem?

What OS and version?

Best guess is your OS updated Postgres in the past year and the newer 
version is trying to load an older data directory.

> 
> Daniel
> 


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Adrian Klaver
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