From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | "Iames Pizzoli" <iames(at)esperiasw(dot)it> |
Cc: | pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: From 7.2.2 to 7.3-2 on RH 8.0 |
Date: | 2003-01-06 16:42:34 |
Message-ID: | 14819.1041871354@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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"Iames Pizzoli" <iames(at)esperiasw(dot)it> writes:
> "An old version of the database format was found. You need to upgrade
> the data format before using PostgreSQL. See
> /usr/share/doc/postgresql-7.3/README.rpm-dist for more information."
> I cannot see any useful info there. I have no important data to
> be worried about in the PC (the db I created was a test, no table). If
> there is an easy way to get rid of it I'd do it immediately. Any hint?
If you don't need the old database, then just "rm -rf" the PGDATA
directory and re-run initdb.
The RPM distribution may have some script it wants you to run instead of
just running initdb directly; I'm not sure. Have you read the README
that the error message directs you to?
regards, tom lane
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