On Thu, Jun 30, 2005 at 10:55:58AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > Ciprian Popovici discovered an entirely new way to break the safety > interlocks that are meant to prevent you from starting a postmaster > in a data directory of the wrong version: > http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-general/2005-06/msg01349.php
> While one could say this is pilot error, it's still annoying that > the database manages to hose itself so thoroughly. There will always be a way for a user with enough knowlege to hose a database completely. I think it's significant that Mr. Popovici is the first to manage this one, in the sense that it takes an especially creative combination of a little knowlege and rushing in where angels fear to tread to reproduce the problem. There will never be a solution to human foolishness, so I say we just tell him and others like him to restore from backup and move on. Just my $.02 Cheers, D -- David Fetter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://fetter.org/ phone: +1 510 893 6100 mobile: +1 415 235 3778 Remember to vote! ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly