From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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To: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
Cc: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, 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 19:54:45 |
Message-ID: | 200912171954.nBHJsjT14794@momjian.us |
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Bruce Momjian wrote:
> pg_migrator (not pg_upgrade) has been used by many people to migrate
> from 8.3 to 8.4. I just helped someone yesterday with a migration.
> pg_migrator threw an error because they had reindexed pg_largeobject,
> and pg_migrator was not prepared to handle that. They also had an old
> cluster with a higher autovacuum_freeze_max_age than the new cluster,
> causing autovacuum freeze to run during the upgrade and remove clog
> files. These are unusual cases, so I assume there are many people who
> successfully use pg_migrator that I never hear from.
>
> Both of these issues are fixed in pg_migrator 8.4.6, released yesterday.
> I also talked to Alvaro about using fixed oids to remove these migration
> restrictions in 8.5:
>
> o a user-defined composite data type
> o a user-defined array data type
> o a user-defined enum data type
>
> So, pg_migrator is a work in progress. It current requires migration
> testing and should be used by experienced Postgres users. Someday
> pg_migrator will be easier to use and more reliable.
Oh, and pg_migrator 8.4.6 works for migrations from 8.4 to 8.5 CVS.
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