Re: How to recover my postgres database ?

From: John R Pierce <pierce(at)hogranch(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: How to recover my postgres database ?
Date: 2017-05-11 17:10:35
Message-ID: 4c6eadcd-066f-5764-5195-1b2096f69762@hogranch.com
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On 5/11/2017 9:53 AM, Pierre Couderc wrote:
> I have broken my postgres database by typing :
>
> psql <yyyy
>
> instead of :
>
> psql dbdb <yyyy
>
> How can I safely repair, knowing that I have the pg_dumpall of last
> night, but many dbs have changed today... ?
>
> Thanks in advance

was there anything in the postgres database other than the default?

psql template1 -c "drop database postgres; create database postgres with
template template0"

should restore it to a virgin stock empty 'postgres'

--
john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz

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