On Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 04:29:38PM -0700, Steve Crawford wrote:
> True. I hadn't come up with a good time to get past that 7.4.1 ->
> 7.4.2 initdb requirement. I guess I'll have to go with the manual
> method.
IIRC, the initdb is recommended, but not required. It can be done
without an initdb too. Check the release notes for more details. You
may as well jump to the most recent...
> What is the best method to do this? Also, can I safely drop that table
> and recreate it from a dump file?
Errr, pg_attribute is what holds the information about column names,
types and other such details. Most of your schema really.
It would need a full restore if you dropped it...
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