Re: How to remove non-UTF values from a table?

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: rod(at)iol(dot)ie, Richard Broersma <richard(dot)broersma(at)gmail(dot)com>, Howard Cole <howardnews(at)selestial(dot)com>, Phoenix Kiula <phoenix(dot)kiula(at)gmail(dot)com>, "pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org List" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: How to remove non-UTF values from a table?
Date: 2009-12-17 19:29:27
Message-ID: 200912171929.nBHJTRV11433@momjian.us
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Tom Lane wrote:
> "Raymond O'Donnell" <rod(at)iol(dot)ie> writes:
> > On 16/12/2009 15:01, Richard Broersma wrote:
> >> It looks like the future 8.5 release will be able to
> >> preform an in-place upgrade on 8.4.
>
> > Really? That would be *wonderful*. I know it's impossible to be
> > definitive, but how likely would you say this is?
>
> It's wishful thinking. We tried to have that for 8.4, and failed: there
> are so many constraints on pg_upgrade that it's not a usable mainstream
> solution. So far as I've seen there has been no work done that would
> make it any more reliable for 8.5.

I do not share Tom's conclusions.

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