From: | Christine Penner <christine(at)ingenioussoftware(dot)com> |
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To: | Postgres-General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: Error installing Postgres |
Date: | 2009-04-22 17:13:32 |
Message-ID: | 19740414223344.26132A10381E96F5@priv-edtnaa07.telusplanet.net |
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I am upgrading from 8.3.4 to 8.3.7. That's why I'm confused. The
notes said I wouldn't have to do that. 8.3.4 was the original install.
Christine
At 10:09 AM 22/04/2009, you wrote:
>On 22/04/2009 16:57, Christine Penner wrote:
>
> > The existing data directory (Date/time settings: floating -point
> > numbers) is not compatible with this server (Date/Time setting: 64-bit
> > integers)
> >
> > I saw a few posts about this but I'm still not sure how to fix it. I
> > think one of them said I need to completely remove Postgres and do a
> > dump and restore. Is that the only way?
>
>It sounds as if you're trying to get a later-version server to use an
>earlier-version data directory - this won't work. Between major versions
>of PostgreSQL (8.2 -> 8.3 for example) you *have* to do a dump/restore -
>it says this in the docs and (I think) in the release notes.
>
>Ray.
>
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