On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 9:38 AM, Kevin Duffy <KD@wrinvestments.com> wrote:
> Hello:
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> On a newly installed PostgreSQL server I made the mistake of restoring over
> the postgres database.
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> Which I made me feel very silly and brought up a couple of questions.
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> a) What is the postgres database used for?
By default, nothing usually. Whatever you're using it for is usually it.
> b) How can I restore the postgres database to a pristine state?
shut down postgres
delete everything in the $PGDATA directory (or whatever comes after -D
when it starts up)
run initdb
start postgres
All should now be clean and fresh.
