Re: Cannot start the postgres service

From: Scott Marlowe <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: John R Pierce <pierce(at)hogranch(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Cannot start the postgres service
Date: 2009-10-13 07:01:31
Message-ID: dcc563d10910130001odcc67au436f00ed7cebd7e7@mail.gmail.com
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On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 12:14 AM, John R Pierce <pierce(at)hogranch(dot)com> wrote:
> Mitesh51 wrote:
>>
>> If I move any file from the \PostgreSQL\8.4\data\pg_xlog\ then postgres
>> services are stopped & I cannot start them. I need to reinstall the
>> postgres.
>>
>
>
> well, then don't move any file from pg_xlog while postgres is running!

Yeah, a good general rule of thumb is to not mess about with things if
you're not sure what they do. pg_xlog and pg_clog are definitely in
that category.

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