"Yogvinder Singh" <yogvinder(at)newgen(dot)co(dot)in> writes:
> Scenario here is
> 1) installation of Postgres7.3
> 2) creation of database using initdb
> 3) creation and population of some tables using a sql script
> 4) reboot
Postgres 7.3.what? (And is there a particular reason not to be
using 7.4 or 8.0?)
Are you sure your disk drive isn't lying about write completion?
(IDE drives usually do so by default :-()
regards, tom lane