Upgrading from 7.2.1 to 8.x

From: "Chris Hoover" <revoohc(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org Admin" <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Upgrading from 7.2.1 to 8.x
Date: 2007-10-31 17:28:26
Message-ID: 1d219a6f0710311028s745446aay7dd59c1982af7b03@mail.gmail.com
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Question,

I have an ancient database that is running Postgresql 7.2.1 on AIX. Is it
safe to directly upgrade the database to 8.1? If not, what steps do I need
to take?

I have been pushing for 3 years to upgrade this database, and with some
upcoming projects, I am going to do another push with management to upgrade
this database.

Also, I know there are a ton of fixes/improvements from 7.2, but are there
any major data losing bugs in this version that I can use as added pressure
on management?

Thanks,

Chris

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