Re: Help! Upgrade to 8.4 dropped my databases

From: Steve Crawford <scrawford(at)pinpointresearch(dot)com>
To: Andrew Perrin <clists(at)perrin(dot)socsci(dot)unc(dot)edu>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Help! Upgrade to 8.4 dropped my databases
Date: 2009-08-04 16:54:33
Message-ID: 4A7867C9.7090304@pinpointresearch.com
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Andrew Perrin wrote:
> Greetings all-
>
> Running postgresql under debian, my standard apt-get upgrade upgraded
> me from 8.3 to 8.4. As a result, I no longer have access to the
> databases that were created under 8.3.

Are you sure that 8.3 is really gone? Check around (look at what is in
/etc/init.d/ and /etc/postgresql/ for starters). I'm guessing you may
find both versions are available but your boot configuration is starting
the wrong one.

Cheers,
Steve

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