Re: Migrating from 32 to 64 bit

But theoretically speaking, 32 or 64-bit ness of the application (ie the
postmaster server) should not influence the data types offered by a
particular DB version. That is the semantics of data types and cpu-arch
(register width, big endian, little endian, sparc, mips, x86), etc ) offered
by a particular DB version should be orthogonal.

A practical example is when I first begin my business on a Mac, then I move
the database to a Sun and then on to a mainframe....

Cheers
Medi

On Nov 25, 2007 4:59 AM, Hannes Dorbath <light(at)theendofthetunnel(dot)de> wrote:

> Laurent CARON wrote:
> > Question:
> > I'd like to know if it is possible (and wise) to just keep the
> > /var/lib/postgres...... directories from the old 32Bit server to use on
> > the 64Bit version.
> >
> > This is just as a personal interest since I can also just dump and
> > restore the database in about 2.5 hrs.
>
> Dump and restore. Using the old data dirs won't work.
>
>
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> Best regards,
> Hannes Dorbath
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