Re: restore postgres system database 8.1.11

To be more clear it was the 'postgres' database.

Regards,

Patrick

-----Original Message-----
From: Phillip Smith [mailto:phillip(dot)smith(at)weatherbeeta(dot)com(dot)au]
Sent: Monday, 5 May 2008 4:22 PM
To: Patrick Roberts; pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: RE: [ADMIN] restore postgres system database 8.1.11

> On a newly created server I stupidly restored over the top of the
> postgres system database using the GUI...(postgresql n00b) and am
> wondering a couple of things.
> Firstly, if this database is overwritten, is it detrimental to the
running of PostgreSQL?
> Secondly is it just a simple matter of restoring it using a backup
from
a different PostgreSQL instance installed elsewhere.

When you say "system database", do you mean 'template1'? Or 'template0'?
Or
'postgres'? Or something else?

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