Re: PostgreSQL 8.1 to 8.3

Hi,

I consider myself poor, inexperienced postgres
administrator (which is not really my job, but
we cannot afford a dba), but I moved from 8.2.3
to 8.3.0 about a month ago. It took some planning
and reading, but with the preparation I did, it
went pretty smooth. Just my 2 bits as a first-
hand experience.

Also in a recent linux magazine (I don't know if
that's your platform or not, but...) there was
this article: http://www.linux-mag.com/id/5679
which may be a good source of information.

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Tena Sakai
tsakai(at)gallo(dot)ucsf(dot)edu

-----Original Message-----
From: pgsql-admin-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org on behalf of Ray Stell
Sent: Sat 4/12/2008 1:56 PM
To: Kranti K K Parisa?
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [ADMIN] PostgreSQL 8.1 to 8.3

On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 01:50:51AM +0530, Kranti K K Parisa? wrote:
> That means, we have to get the values into specific data types than the
> general string variables?

no, no. Apps can't assume a automatic cast to text. Read the release notes:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/release-8-3.html
E.2.2.1. General