Hi,
I recently lost my harddrive where my postgressql database was stored. Data from a given sql installation is normally stored in somepath/sql-folder/data. However I dont have a complete backup of the data folder but rather I have a copy of one of the 'data/base/somenumber' subfolders. Can this subfolder be used to restore the database? I have tried to reinstall postgress sql and move this aforementioned subfolder into the new "base" folder. However postgressql does not recognize this folder it seems. (it just doesnt show up when starting the pg-admin. No error msg). I have searched stackoverflow etc. But I cant seem to find any relevant posts related to my scenario.
Anyone have any thoughts on if its possible to get postgressql to recognize this folder? Or is this subfolder alone not enough to restore the database?
Thanks for taking the time to read!
Kind Regards,
A desperate Mads