| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Chris <dmagick(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Jim Nasby <jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com>, ecoyle(at)intellecare(dot)com, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Moving Postgres Database |
| Date: | 2006-06-01 03:36:10 |
| Message-ID: | 7241.1149132970@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Chris <dmagick(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> Jim Nasby wrote:
>> Actually, as long as you're not changing major versions (ie: 8.0.x to
>> 8.1.x) you'll be fine.
> I wasn't sure if changes like 8.1.x to 8.1.4 would cause a problem here:
We have a project policy that we *never* force initdb in a minor
release. So the on-disk representation is always compatible.
If you were trying to update from 8.1.0 to 8.1.4 on a single
machine, you might need to take appropriate steps suggested in
the release notes. But moving to another machine (of the same type)
doesn't make that harder ... or easier.
regards, tom lane
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