Re: upgrade issue

On Fri, 16 Aug 2002, Jodi Kanter wrote:

JK> Our system admin recently upgraded our Linux system from 7.1 to 7.3.
JK> Apparently this upgrade also changed our postgres version from 7.1.3 to
JK> 7.2.1-5.

[snip]

JK> problem. Luckily we do not have any data that I need to save in the
JK> database. I could easily get back to a functioning state if I could drop the
JK> database and rebuild it via my schema.sql file. However, I cannot drop the
JK> database unless I can get the postmaster started.
JK> Can anyone advise?

Well if you do not neet older database then just 'rm -rf $PGDATA' and then
do initdb. You'll got virgin empty database cluster.

Sincerely,
D.Marck                                   [DM5020, DM268-RIPE, DM3-RIPN]
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