Re: Restore database from files (not dump files)?

[ The author's email address is clearly bogus, so I can't privately send
him email.]

You seems to be trying to get help by supplying the least amount of
information possible, and not even fully typing out words. Such
approaches usually fail.

I suggest we ignore further emails from this person until more complete
information is provided, and a valid email address.

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> wheel wrote:
> > In article <74A84126-07CC-458C-B4FD-ECD2431831D8(at)mitre(dot)org>,
> > john(at)mitre(dot)org says...
> > > >> I have copied the folders back to the base dir (like C:\PostgreSQL
> > > >> \data
> > > >> \base\16404) if that's step one but what after that?
> > > >
> > > > Just start Postgres. If the data dir is ok, it should run fine.
> > >
> > > It's unclear from your description whether the raw DB files were
> > > moved from another installation - note that the above is only
> > > guaranteed to work if architecture/compiler/etc. are all the same.
> > > If the files were created by exactly the same PG instance, then you
> > > should be okay.
> > >
> > > - John D. Burger
> > > MITRE
> > >
> > The raw db files are not from this installation, but same ver of windows
> > binary pg. Does this mean the db is not going to be useable/recoverable?
> >
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