Re: rookie question about upgrade from 13 to 17

On 2/25/25 14:51, Martin Mueller wrote:
> I would like to update my current version of Postgres13 on a Mac mini to
> the latest version, but I can’ t find anything in the general document
> that explains the procedure in terms readily understand by retired
> professors of English…
>
> I understand that there are three items involved:
>
> 1. The installed instance of version 13
> 2. The not yet installed instance of version 17
> 3. The tables (several hundred and adding up to 30 GB when  backed
> with pg_dump)

Probably the easiest way is using pg_dump/pg_restore.

>
> I also understand that there is a pg_upgrade command that picks up the
> old tables and presents them to the later version in a somewhat
> different format
>
> But I don’t understand how the different steps in the upgrade process
> interact. What are the steps and in what order  that wil
>
> 1. Install version 17
> 2. Upgrade the data so that they will in version 17
> 3. Get rid of the no longer needed version 13
>
> There is a Postgres app for the Mac, but upgrading from one version  to
> another doesn’t seem to be part of it.

Are you referring to ?:

https://postgresapp.com/documentation/

>
> I use postgres exclusively in a single user fashion with a GUI front
> end, as if it were a more powerful version of Microsoft Access.
>
> I’ll gladly volunteer to write up the process in English intelligible to
> others like me, and there may be some.
>
> With thanks in advance
>
> Martin Mueller
>
> Professor emeritus of English and Classics
>
> Northwestern University
>

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