Re: Restoring from older pg_dump files

Brooks, Jason wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a data file dumped from a pgsql database version 7.1.2. I am
> having troubles restoring this data to a new database server version
> 8.1.5. Are there some gotcha's involved, did the format change, or some
> such?

If you still have the 7.1.2 database use the 8.1.5 (you should be
running 8.1.8) pg_dump to connect and make the backup. Then restore.

J

>
> I have used the createdb command to make the basic database. it's when
> I use the \i option in psql that I see invalid commands, syntax errors,
> invalid roles, etc.
>
> The original file was created with pg_dump -cou.
>
>
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