Brian Dimeler <briand(at)lserve(dot)com> writes:
> I'm trying to transition a database from one server to another, the
> old one running Postgres 7.4.1 and the new, 8.1.1. When I try to
> restore using a pg_dump plaintext sql file from a nightly backup via
> the usual
>
> psql thedb < backup.sql
The best way to do this is to run the 8.1.1 pg_dump against the 7.4.1
server. The new pg_dump will know better how to create a backup that
8.1.1 will like.
-Doug