Re: Upgrading from 7.4 to 8.2

From: "Rajesh Kumar Mallah" <mallah(dot)rajesh(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Rickard Sjöström <rickard(dot)sjostrom(at)bluebottle(dot)com>
Cc: "Matthias(dot)Pitzl(at)izb(dot)de" <Matthias(dot)Pitzl(at)izb(dot)de>, pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Upgrading from 7.4 to 8.2
Date: 2006-12-19 17:32:11
Message-ID: a97c77030612190932mbbd21baxe85e6a881fbd3580@mail.gmail.com
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On 12/19/06, Rickard Sjöström <rickard(dot)sjostrom(at)bluebottle(dot)com> wrote:
> Hi!
> Thanks for your replies!
>
> My problem is that I want to move the DBM to a different machine so now when it >doesn't seem to be any easy/trivial way to migrate from 7.4 to 8.2 I might >consider to continue with 7.4.

It was not my intention to scare you. Please do not misread.
It is always recommended to run the latest version of pgsql
unless you really have to stick to an older version.
Release notes shall tell you about the new features that
you get in various versions. Newer versions almost always have better
planner and numerous performance improvements.

>
> If I decide to continue with 7.4 I guess the procedure to move the DATADIR to the new machine and then start the postgresql server there with the old DATADIR should work without problems?

Yes that is rite.

>
> Thanks, again!
>
> /Rickard
>
> Citerar Rajesh Kumar Mallah <mallah(dot)rajesh(at)gmail(dot)com>:

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