Re: Recover anything from dropped database?

> John D. Burger wrote:
>> With a slip of the keyboard, I just dropped a database I'd like to
>> have
>> back.  I don't have PITR or anything turned on - if nothing else has
>
> And no backups?
>
>> been done to the cluster since then, is there any way to recover
>> anything at all?

I have a backup as of last night, but I'd like to recover something
more recent if I can.  If I'm stuck with the backup, I can just stop
the postmaster, drop the whole PG directory into place from the
backup, and restart, yes?

Any advice welcome.  By the way, this is PG 7.4.

Thanks.

- John Burger