Re: [GENERAL] copying databases

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Marco Giardini <marco(at)tecnogi(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] copying databases
Date: 2000-02-21 23:57:44
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.21.0002220044480.349-100000@localhost.localdomain
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On 2000-02-21, Marco Giardini mentioned:

> i have created a DB on one server using postgresql 6.5.3 and now i need
> to move this DB to a machine running the postgresql 6.3 release (theone
> shipped with debian slink).

pg_dump it to a file and read it back in with psql. Chances are you won't
have much luck though, since what 6.5.3's pg_dump creates is generally
only intended for later releases. Software is generally not optimized for
downgrading. ;)

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