Stefan Schwarzer <stefan.schwarzer@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I re-installed my machine and "forgot" to dump my database(s). I > naturally still have the whole database folders. For the moment I > installed the "old" postgres version (8.1) to be able to read my data. > But how can I read them? It seems that it doesn't work that I just > overwrite the new database folder with the old one... Would be too > simple, I guess... Should work, if you've got the whole $PGDATA directory tree. Maybe you forgot to stop the postmaster while copying the backup into place? regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
