Re: Error message restarting a database

From: Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>
To: Begin Daniel <jfd553(at)hotmail(dot)com>, "pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Error message restarting a database
Date: 2019-01-27 20:33:22
Message-ID: 85497da8-6e5c-4ed9-6412-7b72de5bc7fc@aklaver.com
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On 1/27/19 12:23 PM, Begin Daniel wrote:
> I worked with a PostgreSQL database (9.3) for a couple of years on my
> PC. I shut down the PostgreSQL server about a year ago and I obviously
> did not access the database since. Now I am trying to access again to
> the database but I get the following error message…
>
> FATAL: ·"pg_tblspc/113608/PG. 9.3_ 201306121/18364" is not a valid data
> directory
>
> DETAIL: File ·" pg_tblspc/113608/PG. 9.3_ 201306121/18364/PG_VERSION" is
> missing.
>
> Anyone has an idea on how to solve this problem?

What OS and version?

Best guess is your OS updated Postgres in the past year and the newer
version is trying to load an older data directory.

>
> Daniel
>

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Adrian Klaver
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