Re: Upgrading from 11 to 13

On 3/30/21 9:53 AM, Daniel Westermann (DWE) wrote:
>> On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 04:34:34PM +0200, Guillaume Lelarge wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Le mar. 30 mars 2021 à 16:10, Susan Joseph <sandajoseph(at)verizon(dot)net> a écrit :
>>>
>>>      I am currently using PostgreSQL 11.2 and would like to try and upgrade it
>>>      to the latest version 13.  Can I go straight from 11 to 13 or do I need to
>>>      upgrade to 12 first and then to 13?
>>>
>>>
>>> You can go straight to 13.
>> We get this question often.  Why do people feel they need to upgrade to
>> intermediate releases?  If we knew, maybe we could better clarify this.
> I believe this is coming from the Oracle world. You can, e.g.not directly go from 9 to18. There are supported upgrade paths and you need to stick to those, but they are documented.

Not even Postgresql allows you to jump from ancient versions to the most
modern version.  (No competent system makes you upgrade to the very next
major version...)

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