Thread: recovering windows database after crash
Hello, I have postgresql 8.0 under windows, with pgadmin 3 Unfortunaly i have met a problem with postgresql which obliged me to reinstall postgresql. The bad thing is i have no backup of my database before the crash (shame on me !! ;-)) ) So i wonder if it is possible, with the folder of /postgreql/data/8.0/data/base which seem contain already the directories of my database , to recover it ? MAny thanks for your answer ! Judical Dehotin -- ************************************************************** Judicaël DEHOTIN PhD Student CEMAGREF Unité de Recherche Hydrologie-Hydraulique 3 bis, Quai Chauveau, CP 220 69336 Lyon Cedex 9 France Tel: (33) 4 72 20 86 11 Fax: (33) 4 78 47 78 75 email: dehotin@lyon.cemagref.fr ou dehotin@hotmail.com **************************************************************
> Hello, > > I have postgresql 8.0 under windows, with pgadmin 3 > Unfortunaly i have met a problem with postgresql which > obliged me to reinstall postgresql. The bad thing is i have > no backup of my database before the crash (shame on me !! ;-)) ) > > So i wonder if it is possible, with the folder of > /postgreql/data/8.0/data/base which seem contain already the > directories of my database , to recover it ? Assuming yo uhave all the files, sure. Just run the installer again (make sure you use the same version you had before!!),set the data directory to the same you had before, and make sure th einstaller is set *not* to run initdb. It shouldpick it up automatically. //Magnus
On Tue, Nov 15, 2005 at 07:24:02PM +0100, Magnus Hagander wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I have postgresql 8.0 under windows, with pgadmin 3 > > Unfortunaly i have met a problem with postgresql which > > obliged me to reinstall postgresql. The bad thing is i have > > no backup of my database before the crash (shame on me !! ;-)) ) > > > > So i wonder if it is possible, with the folder of > > /postgreql/data/8.0/data/base which seem contain already the > > directories of my database , to recover it ? > > Assuming yo uhave all the files, sure. Just run the installer again (make sure you use the same version you had before!!),set the data directory to the same you had before, and make sure th einstaller is set *not* to run initdb. It shouldpick it up automatically. And to be safe make a backup of the entire directory (/postgresql/data/8.0) if you can. -- Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant jnasby@pervasive.com Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com work: 512-231-6117 vcard: http://jim.nasby.net/pervasive.vcf cell: 512-569-9461