Re: Upgrading PG

From: Alan Hodgson <ahodgson(at)simkin(dot)ca>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Upgrading PG
Date: 2007-10-01 17:42:25
Message-ID: 200710011042.25951@hal.medialogik.com
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On Monday 01 October 2007, "Gauthier, Dave" <dave(dot)gauthier(at)intel(dot)com> wrote:
> I'm going to move from v7.4.13 to v8.2.0 (suse-64). I have 2
> pre-existing DBs. Do I need to "convert" or port them to v8 in any way
> after I start up with a v8 postmaster?
>

All major version upgrades require a dump and reload. You should read all
the update notes for intermediate versions.

You may also run into some bad-unicode data issues moving from 7.4 to 8.x. I
would do a test run on a separate machine before committing to a conversion
date (always a good idea IMO).

--
Ghawar is dying

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