Re: RPM for CentOS

"Just E. Mail" <justemail(at)imwell-usa(dot)com> writes:
> I am trying to install PostgreSQL on a CentOS 5.2 server. PostgreSQL 8.0
> comes packaged with CentOS. The latest version of PostgreSQL is 8.3.7.
> Since I am a novice, my preference is to install PostgreSQL which comes
> packaged with CentOS 5.2, although it is the older version of PostgreSQL.

> My question is, "Is there a major difference between PostgreSQL version
> 8.0 & 8.3?". If I install PostgreSQL 8.0,am I going to be missing
> something?

Not only is 8.3 a lot better, but I'm finding myself pretty suspicious
of the copy of CentOS you've got, too. RHEL-5 shipped with Postgres
8.1, and there is no reason to be installing anything older in a Red Hat
derived distro.

(I'd recommend 8.3 over 8.1, too, just to be clear.)

regards, tom lane