From: | Reini Urban <rurban(at)x-ray(dot)at> |
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To: | Nick Texidor <nick(at)texidor(dot)com> |
Cc: | pgsql-cygwin(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Updating postgres 7.4.5 to 8 via cygwin |
Date: | 2008-06-29 09:55:21 |
Message-ID: | 48675C09.3070303@x-ray.at |
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Nick Texidor schrieb:
> I was wondering whether someone can help me. I already have postgres
> 7.4.5 running under cygwin on my web server, and I've looked into
> installing the native version of 8, but it looks like there is a bit of
> dumping/importing of database to be done. I noticed that postgres 8 is
> available under cygwin, and it came up as an update. If I install it
> through cygwin, is there any messing around with databases to be done?
> Is that an easier option than installing the native version and moving
> from a cygwin version?
Installing a native version will create a new database.
Upgrading cygwin to 8 will leave you with a non-accessible database.
So if you need the data from the old database, you MUST export it.
See the cygwin announcement, which describes it in detail.
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.os.cygwin.announce/2310
Which says:
Before you upgrade a postgresql package to a new new major or
minor version (7.4 => 8.0 => 8.1 => 8.2), be sure to dump all your data
before!
With the new package you will not be able to access your old databases.
=> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/app-pg-dumpall.html
Minor subrelease updates (e.g. 8.2.4 to 8.2.5) can safely access the
same database.
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Reini Urban
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