Gavin Sherry <swm@linuxworld.com.au> writes:
> When I first brought it down, I attempted this, but forgot -O. I've just
> done this, however, it connected fine. Moreover, a select * from
> pg_shadow; returned results! I vacuumed and brought the database back
> online -- everything fine.
> Extremely strange =\.
Did I read you correctly to say that you're still on 7.1?
This episode should convince you to update to 7.1.3, pronto.
We don't make dot-releases for amusement value.
(No, I can't cite any particular bug that might've led to this.)
regards, tom lane