Craig Ringer wrote: > Orlando Solarte wrote: > > Hi. > > > > I am trouble with my server postres on linux. It crashed!. I have > > folder postgres installation that was my server. Is possible > > recovery data from folder postgres installation? For example folder > > data? > > Unfortunately you have provided very little information. > > If you mean that the PostgreSQL database server crashed and will no > longer start up, then you would need to provide the messages > PostgreSQL prints to its log files when it tries and fails to start > up. > > If you mean that the server computer its self crashed, and you now > have a PostgreSQL data directory (from backups or recovered from the > server's hard disk) then if the PostgreSQL data directory is > undamaged it should be possible to use it. You will need to use it > with a version of PostgreSQL with the same minor version as the one > you were using on the server, eg if you were using 8.1.4 you should > get the latest PostgreSQL in the 8.1 series (NOT 8.2 or 8.3) to try > to read the data. What you mean here is of course that you should be using the same *major* version, but the latest available *minor* version. Other than that, it's correct - and the version numbers in the example is correct :-) //Magnus
