Joe Conway <mail(at)joeconway(dot)com> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> You could try a VACUUM FREEZE on pg_database though.
> Since this is a production machine, putting pg_filedump on it may be
> problematic -- if I grovel through the bits by hand, can you give me a
> hint about what to look for?
How about you copy off the pg_database file to someplace where it's OK
to run pg_filedump? Doing that by hand is mighty tedious.
BTW, forget the "FREEZE" part, just VACUUM:
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-general/2005-11/msg00097.php
regards, tom lane