Re: recreating tables from global files

[Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>]

"G. J. Walsh" <gjwalsh(at)dscdirectionalservices(dot)com> writes:
> I suffered a major server crash. 
> Everything is fully reinstalled now EXCEPT postgresql8.3

> There was no way I could see to get postgres running except by
> removing /var/lib/pgsql/data. That was, I assumed, okay, because I have
> a full backup of all the files.

> So ... I reinstalled postgresql binaries following the same procedure as
> for the initial installation. I then restored the data/global files, but
> postgresql, while finding the database, sees no tables whatever.

You need the *entire* data directory tree, not just /global.

			regards, tom lane