Re: Upgrade Information

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Naomi Walker <nwalker(at)eldocomp(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Upgrade Information
Date: 2002-02-08 21:07:39
Message-ID: 200202082107.g18L7dS08283@candle.pha.pa.us
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> > > If so, that seems pretty drastic. I cannot imagine that once our
> > databases
> > > start getting really huge that this will last as an upgrade method. I
> > > thought we would be using pg_upgrade, but I see a note that it will not
> > > work with versions of postgres 7.1 and higher.
> > >
> > > Why did pg_upgrade go away, and can we look forward to one in the future?
> >
> >It is in /contrib/pg_upgrade now and it does work for 7.1 upgrades,
> >though it is only lightly tested.
>
> Bruce, are you saying I can use /contrib/pg_upgrade for my 7.1.2 to 7.2
> upgrade?

Yes, absolutely. At least it worked in my tests.

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