Re: 8.3 Beta Incompatible Data Disaster

Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> Mark Walker wrote:
>
>> What can I do, a dump is impossible because I cannot re-install the
>> version that the database was last used with (it should have been
>> first initialised on 8.2, as I went to the beta to experiment with
>> enum having recently returned from MySQL).
>>
>> Any help appreciated, including links to a download of beta1 that
>> still works.
>
> Ugh, that is a bummer and you are right. They are not on our mirrors.
> Nor are the packages on our ftp-archives server.
>
> If you are comfortable with svn you could do this:
>
> svn co -r 29250 https://projects.commandprompt.com/public/pgsql/repo beta1
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Joshua D. Drake
>
>
>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Mark Walker

Was it beta2 that changed the structure or beta3?

Anyway worst case I still have a beta1 source tarball here if you need it.

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