Re: Missing pg_clog files

Hello,

I will try this. Is there a particular size these files need to be?
Then I can try the pg_dumpall. That's, of course, my main concern. I
need to get the data out.

By the way, before I went to panic mode, I tried pg_dumpall and
reindexing the database. Everything gets the same error, perhaps with
a different file name.

Carol

Quoting Scott Marlowe <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com>:

> On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 10:16 PM, Tena Sakai <tsakai(at)gallo(dot)ucsf(dot)edu> wrote:
>> Hi Carol,
>>
>> I detect in you some apprehension as to pg_dumpall
>> won't run or complete. Why is that? Have you already
>> done it and it didn't work? If that's not the case,
>> why not run pg_dumpall at a quiet hour and see?
>>
>> I think Scott is right as to install the latest
>> 8.2 on top. It won't be time consuming task.
>> Why not give it a wheel? It would be good to
>> find out one way or the other.
>>
>>
>> Scott: Are files 0000 through 002F (which are
>> not there) absolutely necessary for recovering data?
>
> Most likely not. If the db won't start up without them, it might be
> possible to create new clog files that are nothing but zeroes. Never
> been in this position though...
>
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