Re: Several problems with installation on FreeBSD - how to reinstall without loosing data - Mailing list pgsql-novice

From Christofer C. Bell
Subject Re: Several problems with installation on FreeBSD - how to reinstall without loosing data
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In response to Several problems with installation on FreeBSD - how to reinstall without loosing data  (Jon Theil Nielsen <jontheil@gmail.com>)
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On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 1:10 PM, Jon Theil Nielsen <jontheil@gmail.com> wrote:

I think that the best solution would be to reinstall pgsql. But it would be very inconvenient to loose at least one of the databases (I use it as part of at calendar server). Can I reinstall following a tutorial like this one and get the vital databases back? 

If it comes to that, you still don't have to lose your data.  Since you have the starting (even if it's not working correctly) you should be able to pg_dump your calendar database and then restore it after reinstalling/reinitializing PostgreSQL.  

I am not suggesting this at this point (others on the list are still helping you) but don't think you need to panic over data loss just yet, even if you end up having to reinitialize PostgreSQL.

Good luck!

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Chris

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