Re: Upgrading PG

From: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: "Gauthier, Dave" <dave(dot)gauthier(at)intel(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Upgrading PG
Date: 2007-10-01 17:45:09
Message-ID: 47013225.4070000@commandprompt.com
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Gauthier, Dave wrote:
> I'm going to move from v7.4.13 to v8.2.0 (suse-64). I have 2
> pre-existing DBs. Do I need to "convert" or port them to v8 in any way
> after I start up with a v8 postmaster?
>

1. v8.2.0 is a mistake, make sure you are running the latest stable
patch rev. v8.2.5.

2. You will need to dump and reload, use the v8.2.5 pg_dump to connect
to the v7.4.13 databases and restore.

3. There are specific behavior differences. The one that comes to mind
most prominently is that float/double can no longer be ''.

4. Read the release notes from the docs

5. 8.2 is a completely different beast in terms of performance and
configuration.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake

>
> Thanks
>
> -dave
>
>

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