| From: | Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org> |
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| To: | Stephen Harris <lists(at)spuddy(dot)org> |
| Cc: | Postgres General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Datafiles binary portable? |
| Date: | 2006-11-28 16:06:08 |
| Message-ID: | 20061128160608.GE29938@svana.org |
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On Tue, Nov 28, 2006 at 11:00:35AM -0500, Stephen Harris wrote:
> This is probably a silly question, but are the database files binary portable?
> eg could I take datafiles from a Sparc and copy them to an Intel machine,
> or would the endianness differences kill me?
No.
It may not even be compatable across the same platform with different
compilers and/or configure flags.
Have a nice day,
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Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org> http://svana.org/kleptog/
> From each according to his ability. To each according to his ability to litigate.
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