Re: In which case PG_VERSION file updates ?

From: Scott Marlowe <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Raghavendra <raghavendra(dot)rao(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Cc: Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: In which case PG_VERSION file updates ?
Date: 2011-09-25 21:36:56
Message-ID: CAOR=d=1FP6tu6-y6Lwc2+GGHoKTVxfe=8NOoXX4-jqOycJSZww@mail.gmail.com
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On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 3:26 AM, Raghavendra
<raghavendra(dot)rao(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:
> Thanks Adrian Klaver,
> Provided link gives about the information of what PG_VERSION file, which am
> aware of:)
> In my observation, all the object related OID's, _fsm, _vm files under
> $PGDATA/base/database-oid/ directory will change as per the changes made to
> the database, whereas PG_VERSION file never changes. Because its the file
> tells on which version of Binary the Data directory is built upon.
> So, my question is, Is there any case, where PG_VERSION file updates with
> any of the utility process or
> PG_VERSION file never been touched by PG-Instance ?

If you run pg_upgrade I'd expect that to change it.

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