Re: Upgrading postgresql from version 7.4.3

From: Chris Travers <chris(dot)travers(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "Arun P(dot)L" <arunpl(at)hotmail(dot)com>
Cc: "pierce(at)hogranch(dot)com" <pierce(at)hogranch(dot)com>, "pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Upgrading postgresql from version 7.4.3
Date: 2013-05-10 05:04:20
Message-ID: CAKt_ZfvabvEdzDgpgEPw38H92TYyMGPm_a+MGh8G+tpznsWZ8Q@mail.gmail.com
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On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 9:41 PM, Arun P.L <arunpl(at)hotmail(dot)com> wrote:

> Hi,
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> And the way to deal with this? Any ideas on that? Whether changing
> encoding to utf-8 in dump work?
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Yes, run initdb -E SQL_ASCII

This will create your database cluster with no encoding restrictions.
Whether this is a good thing or a bad thing depends on circumstances (it's
usually not desirable) but in your case it may be a good thing.

Best Wishes,
Chris Travers

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> Regards~
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