Michael Fuhr <mike@xxxxxxxx> writes: > ... Is there any danger in Oliver removing the directory if > pg_database doesn't know about the database oid? No, but I'd counsel not doing so until we're certain we can't learn any more about what happened. > Should he shut down the postmaster before removing it, or shouldn't > that matter? Shouldn't be necessary. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly