Re: migration

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Boris Makovecki" <boris(dot)makovecki(at)abak(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: migration
Date: 2005-02-22 15:23:39
Message-ID: 9594.1109085819@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Boris Makovecki" <boris(dot)makovecki(at)abak(dot)net> writes:
> I'm having trouble migrating DB from postgreSQL 7.4 to 7.4.7:
> During restore I'm geting all kind of errors like :
> ********************************************************************
> ERROR: column "txt_name" has a type conflict
> DETAIL: character varying versus pg_catalog.varchar

That's pretty bizarre. Can we see the pg_dump output (pg_dump -s
without the data would be plenty)?

BTW, there is no reason to do a dump/restore to migrate to a newer
version in the same release series (7.4.*). Just stop the old
postmaster and start the new one.

regards, tom lane

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