Re: Migrating Postgresql 8.0 to 8.3

From: "Albe Laurenz" <laurenz(dot)albe(at)wien(dot)gv(dot)at>
To: "quickinfo *EXTERN*" <quickinfo123(at)gmail(dot)com>, <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Migrating Postgresql 8.0 to 8.3
Date: 2012-08-13 13:09:35
Message-ID: D960CB61B694CF459DCFB4B0128514C208419F13@exadv11.host.magwien.gv.at
Views: Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email
Thread:
Lists: pgsql-general

quickinfo wrote:
> I would like to migrate postgresql 8.0 to 8.3. Please suggest me the
best way of restoring my backup.
>
> In which format should I take the backup and how should I restore the
data. Does it require to write
> any sql script. will it create any problems in migrating 8.0 to 8.3.

Follow there directions:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/install-upgrading.html

There is one behaviour change in 8.3 that caused problems for many
people:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/release-8-3.html#AEN87860
Read the first point.

If that is a problem for you, read this:
http://petereisentraut.blogspot.co.at/2008/03/readding-implicit-casts-in
-postgresql.html

You should definitely upgrade to 9.1 and not to 8.3

Yours,
Laurenz Albe

In response to

Browse pgsql-general by date

  From Date Subject
Next Message Craig Ringer 2012-08-13 13:33:56 Re: Migrating Postgresql 8.0 to 8.3
Previous Message quickinfo 2012-08-13 12:40:28 Migrating Postgresql 8.0 to 8.3