| From: | Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
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| To: | Ray Madigan <ray(at)madigans(dot)org> |
| Cc: | Pgsql-Admin <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: FW: Upgrade to 8.3 |
| Date: | 2008-10-03 00:24:25 |
| Message-ID: | 20081003002425.GK4151@alvh.no-ip.org |
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Ray Madigan wrote:
> I think I just made a huge error. I just upgraded all of my systems and in
> the process I just upgraded the data base from 8.1 to 8.3. At least I think
> it was 8.1. Anyway the postmaster won't run and I can't backup the old
> database without a hue effort. Is there a way around this or do I have to
> reinstall the old server and back it up and then install the new version?
You have to install 8.1 again. You don't need to change anything else
that you upgraded; it suffices to compile a 8.1 version from sources
(you need the same compilation options though)
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Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc.
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