| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Dean Grubb <dean(at)atrium-online(dot)com(dot)au> |
| Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Help, I've killed my system? |
| Date: | 2004-01-28 08:05:33 |
| Message-ID: | 10980.1075277133@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Dean Grubb <dean(at)atrium-online(dot)com(dot)au> writes:
> I have a debian server running postgresql 7.03 from the packages
> and also postgresql 7.1.3 from source. After doing an upgrade to some
> system files (ahrrrrrr...apt-get is good but I like freeBSD ports) I
> find that I no longer have the postgresql 7.03
> installation but a miss matched 7.2 part install.
> I still have the data folder from the database. Can anybody recommend a
> plan for recovery...Somehow reinsall 7.03 if I can find the .deb
> package?...is it possible to move the data/base files into another
> postgresql installation...can I import them?
You need to reinstall 7.0.something --- you cannot use that data folder
with any other PG release series. I do not know the ins and outs of
Debian packaging well enough to recommend how to do that though ...
regards, tom lane
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