Re: 7.1.3: dataloss: FATAL 2: XLogFlush: request is not satisfied

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)dcc(dot)uchile(dot)cl>
To: peter pilsl <pilsl(at)goldfisch(dot)at>
Cc: PostgreSQL List <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: 7.1.3: dataloss: FATAL 2: XLogFlush: request is not satisfied
Date: 2004-12-16 14:51:56
Message-ID: 20041216145156.GA11577@dcc.uchile.cl
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On Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 02:56:12PM +0100, peter pilsl wrote:

> I did a new initdb and recovered from the backup, but there is one minor
> database that was not in the backup for weeks (blame me), so I would be
> very happy if there is way to start postgres on the old datadir and
> retrieve the data.
>
> Isnt there any way to let postgres ignore the whole XLog and just give
> what it has? The table in questions sure was not updated while the
> server crashed.

Yeah, on 7.1.3 try with contrib/pg_resetxlog.

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Alvaro Herrera (<alvherre[(at)]dcc(dot)uchile(dot)cl>)
"El realista sabe lo que quiere; el idealista quiere lo que sabe" (Anónimo)

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