On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 3:30 PM, Rob Flemming <robf.42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi I've had a a PostgreSQL 9.3 server running on Windows 7 for several > months. > > While trying to diagnose a remote computer's connection problem (through > ArcGIS, grrr), i was clicking through the postgres (data) directory and > opened a couple of files using Notepad but promptly closed them without > making any changes. e.g. "C:\postgres\pg_clog\0000" and > "C:\postgres\pg_stat\global.stat". Any change to clog files would indeed corrupt the database. It sounds to me like you have a mundane pg_hba.conf problem -- no big deal! Fix it and start taking regular backups. merlin -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general