Re: upgrade path from PG 8.3 to PG 9.5

Guten Tag Keith,
am Donnerstag, 23. Februar 2017 um 18:57 schrieben Sie:

> You can go directly from 8.3 to 9.5. Just be sure and use the
> pg_dump from 9.5 to generate the dump file from 8.3.

Is there a specific reason for that? My current approach for upgrades
was dumping the old database using the old pg_dump, uninstalling the
old Postgres, installing the new one and restore from the old dump.
That way I didn't accidently mix-up installations or use wrong tools
or such.

Did pg_dump have bugs in the past which resulted in pg_restore not
being able to read the dumps?

Mit freundlichen Grüßen,

Thorsten Schöning

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