Re: 8.3.7 Windows Update Error

From: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Richard Broersma <richard(dot)broersma(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Postgres General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: 8.3.7 Windows Update Error
Date: 2009-03-25 17:59:50
Message-ID: 1238003990.25534.12.camel@jd-laptop.pragmaticzealot.org
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On Wed, 2009-03-25 at 10:25 -0700, Richard Broersma wrote:
> Using the following links to get to the PostgreSQL 8.3.7 (Windows)
> one-click installer:
>
> http://www.postgresql.org/download/windows
> http://www.enterprisedb.com/products/pgdownload.do#windows
>
> and then running the update utility, I get the following error message:
>
> "[Error]
> The existing data directory (Date/time setting: floating-point
> numbers) is not compatible with this server (Date/time setting: 64-bit
> integers)."
>
>
> Q1) Will a fresh install with dump and reload work?

Yes.

> Q2) Is integer timestamps becoming the new default from the previous
> floating point data type?
>

In 8.4 yes. Not sure why the windows installer does that now.

Joshua D. Drake

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