On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 08:44, Craig Ringer <craig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 02/12/10 01:11, Anibal David Acosta wrote: > >> So, I don't know how to recover the database from the data directory of a >> windows postgres 8.1 installation. > > You'll need PostgreSQL 8.1 for Windows. This appears to have been > removed from the FTP site for the well-intentioned reason that, on > Windows, it's pretty scarily buggy and it's unwise to use anything prior > to 8.2 on Windows, but people keep on trying to install ancient versions > for new deployments for some bizarre reason. Not only is it unwise, but it's fully unsupported... > Unfortunately, this doesn't consider the needs of anybody who has an > existing 8.1 database. The 8.1 win32 installers clearly used to be > hosted by the project, as: Yeah, that's a good point. They should probably have been moved to ftp-archives, but I can't find anything there either. (The versions that are there appear to basically completely random at least for binary distributions, but there is nothing for win32 in the 8.1 series) > Does anyone have a copy of the win32 installer for such an ancient > version kicking around? If so, IMO the most recent 8.1 really needs to > be on postgresql.org, even if it's within a password-protected folder > that forces you to type "I don't care if this eats all my data" as the > password before downloading... > > I've CC'd Magnus Hagander as he's listed as the installer maintainer for > the old msi installers on http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pginstaller . Yeah, i don't have one of those around. And I don't see any active buildfarm member building 8.1 on Win32 either (given that it's been desupported for years, I'm sure), so it's not easy to lift from there. Nor do I have a build environment around that could build one anymore - perhaps Dave as something sitting around that could be revived to do a single build? Failing that, the OP will just have to build from source himself. -- Magnus Hagander Me: http://www.hagander.net/ Work: http://www.redpill-linpro.com/ -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
