Re: Recovering data via raw table and field separators

From: Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org>
To: John Wells <jb(at)sourceillustrated(dot)com>
Cc: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Recovering data via raw table and field separators
Date: 2007-12-04 19:47:58
Message-ID: 20071204194757.GD19536@svana.org
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On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 02:26:21PM -0500, John Wells wrote:
> Wow...interesting idea...but to clarify, I copied the table file
> *after* the delete was run on the table. Although the data appears to
> still be there, wouldn't they be marked as deleted in some way and not
> appear in the new table even if the copy worked?

Ah sorry, I though you meant de table was dropped or the database was
deleted. If you actually ran a DELETE FROM on the table, then yes
they'll all be marked deleted.

Have a nice day,
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Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org> http://svana.org/kleptog/
> Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
> -- John F Kennedy

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