Re: pgsql 7.0 recovery to 7.4

From: Marcin Gil <marcin(dot)gil(at)audax(dot)com(dot)pl>
To: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pgsql 7.0 recovery to 7.4
Date: 2004-01-08 15:49:20
Message-ID: 3FFD7C00.1070905@audax.com.pl
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Tom Lane wrote:

> You mean a filesystem-level dump of the data directory? Sorry, the
> only way to deal with that is to install 7.0.something and then make
> a pg_dump or pg_dumpall dump.
>
That's what I'm doing right now :( Getting RedHat 6.2 was quite
a challenge :)

> I wouldn't be too surprised if it needs some minor tweaking for newer
> Linuxen.

I'd rather install an old one - it's faster.

For the future:
- how should I dump my databases to omit such problems?
- is pg_dump format compatible, ie will loading 7.0 version into 7.4 go
without a glitch?

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