Re: [HACKERS] How to...?

From: Maarten Boekhold <maartenb(at)dutepp2(dot)et(dot)tudelft(dot)nl>
To: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>
Cc: Andrew Martin <martin(at)biochemistry(dot)ucl(dot)ac(dot)uk>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] How to...?
Date: 1998-03-09 15:47:10
Message-ID: Pine.SUN.3.91.980309164636.21544C-100000@dutepp2.et.tudelft.nl
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On Mon, 9 Mar 1998, The Hermit Hacker wrote:

> On Mon, 9 Mar 1998, Andrew Martin wrote:
>
> > > Then, using what was left, I did:
> > >
> > > psql -e < db.dump
> > >
> > > Again. Failed misearbly, with the following coming from the 'copy
> > > to <relname> from stdin;' section:
> > >
> > > 344984 johnb xgSldZdYEgIWo clio.trends.ca n \N
> >
> > I got something kind-of similar with a core dump... This was 'cos of a
> > column name which is now a reserved word.
>
> Ack, I fear you are correct...the third field above is 'password',
> which became a reserved word in v6.3...oh man, is this upgrade ever going
> to hurt...my 'db.dump' file is 84Meg...vi just loves it :)

How about starting up your old pgsql, then psql, the 'alter table rename
column.....'

Maarten

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