Re: Cannot createdb a database I just "destroydb"'d

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: John Pilley <jpilley(at)spescrow(dot)com>
Cc: postgresql general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Cannot createdb a database I just "destroydb"'d
Date: 2000-11-28 05:25:57
Message-ID: 13619.975389157@sss.pgh.pa.us
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John Pilley <jpilley(at)spescrow(dot)com> writes:
> Please help - in order to solve the problem of a VERY large pg_log file,
> I used "destroydb" to destroy the database, nulled the pg_log file and
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

That was a real bad move. I think you have no useful recovery method
short of initdb now :-(. Hope you have a recent backup of your other
databases...

regards, tom lane

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