On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 08:12:50AM -0500, Peter Choe wrote:
> i am unable to do a pg_dumpall for some reason, so i was wondering if i
> copy the data directory from server to another, will the new server be able
> to read the data and i can dump the data?
It _should_ work.
Note, however, that pre-WAL versions of PostgreSQL are not really
crash safe. There is a possibility that your data is in an
inconsistent state.
Are you _really_ stuck with 6.5? I'd strongly suggest you
investigate upgrading after you recover your data, if you can.
A
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