Re: HOW TO UPGRADE POSTGRES 7.2 TO 7.3 IN RPM FORMAT

Is it necessary to uninstall previous version of Postgres on my system to
upgrade with Postgres 7.2.3
Can any body give URL where Postgres 7.2.3 RPMs available.

Regards,
Sreedhar

----- Original Message -----
From: "P G" <pg_dba(at)yahoo(dot)com>
To: "Mario Alberto Soto Cordones" <mario_soto(at)compuall(dot)cl>;
<pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2003 7:56 AM
Subject: Re: [ADMIN] HOW TO UPGRADE POSTGRES 7.2 TO 7.3 IN RPM FORMAT

> You should backup your database first with pg_dump,
> then try upgrading with rpm -Fvh <PostgreSQL RPM
> package>. As for the column types and other things
> that may have changed you will probably have to
> perform your own validation that things still work as
> expected.
>
> Thanks.
>
> --- Mario Alberto Soto Cordones
> <mario_soto(at)compuall(dot)cl> wrote:
> > Hi.
> >
> > i need upgrade postgres 7.2.4 to 7.3.2 ...
> >
> > i have a bineries rpm of two version and i have
> > installed in my server
> > 7.2.3... how to migrate this ????
> >
> >
> > thank you
> >
> > mario
> >
> >
> >
> > ---------------------------(end of
> > broadcast)---------------------------
> > TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
>
>
> __________________________________________________
> Do you Yahoo!?
> Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop!
> http://platinum.yahoo.com
>
>
> ---------------------------(end of broadcast)---------------------------
> TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster