Re: Accidentally truncated pg_type

From: Craig Ringer <craig(at)postnewspapers(dot)com(dot)au>
To: Matthew Byrne <matt(at)byrney(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Accidentally truncated pg_type
Date: 2011-07-12 01:25:52
Message-ID: 4E1BA2A0.9040609@postnewspapers.com.au
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On 12/07/11 08:12, Matthew Byrne wrote:
> I have a large database full of irreplaceable data, and due to a
> ridiculous happenstance I accidentally executed this code (as a superuser,
> of course):
>
> DELETE FROM pg_catalog.pg_type;
>
> Now the database is *seriously* unhappy - every SQL command returns an
> error message. How do I get at my data?

Oh, once you've copied your database you should stop the postmaster and
not start it again without further advice/instructions. The data in
pg_type may not have been vacuumed or overwritten yet if you haven't
been messing about trying to fix it before asking for help.

--
Craig Ringer

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