Re: pg_upgrade project status

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Zdenek Kotala <Zdenek(dot)Kotala(at)Sun(dot)COM>
Cc: "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pg_upgrade project status
Date: 2009-01-27 14:47:07
Message-ID: 20090127144707.GF6444@alvh.no-ip.org
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Zdenek Kotala wrote:

> 2) pg_upgrade.sh
> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2008-12/msg00248.php
>
> Pg_upgrade.sh is shell script for catalog conversion. It works for
> 8.3->8.4 upgrade.

What's the reason this script uses a postmaster? It seems it would be
easier to control if you used a standalone backend (--single) for each
time you are piping stuff to psql. That would reduce the need to
configure authentication, hostnames, etc etc.

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Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support

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