Re: [pgadmin-support] Lost database

From: Albe Laurenz <laurenz(dot)albe(at)wien(dot)gv(dot)at>
To: "John R Pierce *EXTERN*" <pierce(at)hogranch(dot)com>, Dinesh Kumar <dinesh(dot)kumar(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Steve Erickson <serickson(at)digitiliti(dot)com>, "pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Cc: pgAdmin Support <pgadmin-support(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [pgadmin-support] Lost database
Date: 2013-12-10 08:50:10
Message-ID: A737B7A37273E048B164557ADEF4A58B17C7DE0D@ntex2010i.host.magwien.gv.at
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John R Pierce wrote:
> if the postgresql server was running when that file backup was made(*),
> its pretty much worthless, it will have data corruption and errors
> throughout.

Well, it would be better than nothing.
You can pg_resetxlog and manually clean up the inconsistencies.
That's better than nothing at all.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe

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