Re: Database recovery.

From: Raymond O'Donnell <rod(at)iol(dot)ie>
To: Waqar Azeem <waqarazeem(dot)private(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Database recovery.
Date: 2011-03-24 11:39:25
Message-ID: 4D8B2D6D.3020503@iol.ie
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On 24/03/2011 11:31, Waqar Azeem wrote:
> I copy the whole folder'Data' to another PC where freshpostgresql8.4
> is installed (same as default config. that previous version have
> had)
>
> when i started the server got following ...
>
> The postgresql-8.4 - PostgreSQL Server 8.4 service could not be
> started.
> The service did not report an error.
> More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 3534.
> The start command returned an error (2)
> Press<return> to continue...

Have a look in the Postgres log - there's often (usually?) information
there that doesn't get sent to the Windows event log.

It's probably in $PGDATA/pg_log, unless you changed something in the
logging configuration.

Ray.

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Raymond O'Donnell :: Galway :: Ireland
rod(at)iol(dot)ie

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