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 -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general