On Feb 4, 2005, at 12:08 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
>
> No, no, and no. A 7.2.anything server would flat out refuse to start
> in
> a 7.3.* database (because it checks PG_VERSION). You might have been
> using 7.3 client-side code to talk to the 7.2 server, but that wouldn't
> cause this sort of failure.
>
> A possible quick-and-dirty solution is "VACUUM pg_database" (issued
> from
> any of the databases that you can get into). If that doesn't work then
> you've got serious problems :-(
>
> regards, tom lane
>
The 7.3 data directory was actually elsewhere -- duh on me. Thanks for
the help!
--
Gary Jackson
bargle@umiacs.umd.edu