Re: Safest pgupgrade jump distance

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Karsten Hilbert <Karsten(dot)Hilbert(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Safest pgupgrade jump distance
Date: 2024-02-12 16:52:31
Message-ID: 2238636.1707756751@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Karsten Hilbert <Karsten(dot)Hilbert(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> Am Mon, Feb 12, 2024 at 09:31:50AM -0500 schrieb Ron Johnson:
>> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/16/pgupgrade.html
>> "pg_upgrade supports upgrades from 9.2.X and later to the current major
>> release of PostgreSQL, including snapshot and beta releases."

> Just to be sure: it should be stressed that the binaries of
> the later version (16 in OPs case) should be used to run the
> upgrade, right ?

Right. Another thing worth pointing out here is that with such
a large jump distance, you'd better test application compatibility
before making the change on your production database. There are
likely to be a few gotchas.

regards, tom lane

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