Re: Application Dependency/Limitations of Postgres Version Upgrade

From: Félix GERZAGUET <felix(dot)gerzaguet(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: amitabh kumar <amitabhnayak1980(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>, pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Application Dependency/Limitations of Postgres Version Upgrade
Date: 2018-03-10 14:58:23
Message-ID: CANVwZtvDN_YdzV=nn8Ftg4xTBO9-grPiP0nRN=+HkAp-d=KqKg@mail.gmail.com
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On Sat, Mar 10, 2018 at 3:50 PM, Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>
wrote:

> On 03/09/2018 10:49 PM, amitabh kumar wrote:
>
>> We have multiple servers with PG versions in 8.4, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4 and 9.5,
>> that we want to upgrade to 9.6. We want to be sure that all applications
>> will run smoothly after upgrade.
>>
>
> The only way I know to be sure is to is to set up a test instance of 9.6
> and test your applications.
>
> I would as matter of course also review the release notes for each major
> release since 8.4 to look for further gotchas.
>

One convenient way of reviewing the "cumulated" release notes is:
https://why-upgrade.depesz.com/show?from=8.4&to=9.6.8

--
Félix

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