Re: Removing a corrupt database by hand

After looking at it more, it seems the problem is it's trying to rebuild
a corrupt DB and not really getting anywhere. The DB is about 900 megs,
and I've given it 6-7hrs to try to repair and it just seems to be stuck.

If I delete the DB directory, I get:

2009-02-19 00:02:05 PST FATAL: index "41330" contains unexpected zero
page at b
lock 0
2009-02-19 00:02:05 PST HINT: Please REINDEX it.

The process just quits if it can't repair the DB. How can I tell it not
to try to repair this database and just let me access the other DBs?
Thanks!

Mike

Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-02-18 at 19:58 -0800, Mike Christensen wrote:
>
>> I have two questions actually..
>>
>> First off, is there a way to remove a database if the postgres.exe
>> service won't start? It seems if I just delete the data\base\xxxxx
>> directory, then postgres will crash. Is there a way to drop a DB that
>> prevents postgres.exe from starting?
>>
>>
>
> What happens if you start postgresql in single user mode?
>
>
>> Second question, if I just re-install postgres and create a fresh new
>> instance, is there a way to import my old data files back into the
>> database? Thanks!
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>