recovering data from pgsql 6.1 installation - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Andrey V Khavryutchenko
Subject recovering data from pgsql 6.1 installation
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Msg-id x7emqktbvj.fsf@netmaster.compchem.kiev.ua
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Responses Re: [ADMIN] recovering data from pgsql 6.1 installation  ("Oliver Elphick" <olly@lfix.co.uk>)
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Hi!

The problem:

We've had the pgsql 6.1 installation made by previous admin.  Due
instability, I am to upgrade it to the current one.  Having no previous
experience with pgsql, I've forgot to dump db :(

Now, neither pgsql 6.3, 6.2 or even 6.1 can't read the db.

$ psql mailing
Connection to database 'mailing' failed.
PQexec() -- Request was sent to backend, but backend closed the channel
before responding.  This probably means the backend terminated abnormally
before or while processing the request.

How I can find more verbose error message?  What are the possible ways to
recover the data?  Pointers to TFM would be very helpfull.

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