Re: reduce downtime when upgrading 7.3 -> 7.4

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Palle Girgensohn <girgen(at)pingpong(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: reduce downtime when upgrading 7.3 -> 7.4
Date: 2004-02-08 05:01:32
Message-ID: 27997.1076216492@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Palle Girgensohn <girgen(at)pingpong(dot)net> writes:
> The most obvious question is, can we use pg_upgrade from contrib? It seems
> not to have been updated since 7.3, and is generally documented as
> untested.

"Guaranteed not to work" is more like it. I have some ambitions of
rewriting it for future releases, but don't even think of going there
at the moment.

regards, tom lane

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