| From: | Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net> |
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| To: | Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au> |
| Cc: | Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Release notes for upgrading |
| Date: | 2004-08-11 04:32:20 |
| Message-ID: | 200408110032.20538.xzilla@users.sourceforge.net |
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On Tuesday 10 August 2004 22:57, Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote:
> Can we put in a recommendation in the release notes that people use 8.0
> pg_dump to do their dump? I think that will make everyone's upgrades go
> much more smoothly, and we will get many fewer complaints.
>
> I don't think many users realise they can use the next version's pg_dump
> to upgrade. I think it should be put in every release notes!
>
Assuming we're not ready to recommend Slony for upgrades, I would second this
idea based on my experience of several cases where I *had* to dump a database
using the newer pg_dump to get it to upgrade reliably. In fact I just came
across a 7.3 database that no longer works with standard -Fc backups since
the schema cannot be reloaded...
--
Robert Treat
Build A Better Lamp :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL
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