Postgresql update

Richard Pyne rpyne at kinfolk.org
Sat Feb 5 04:50:11 UTC 2005


There is a desparate need to at least warn that an update is 
going to break a running system. Something even as simple as 
listing version numbers when listing what modules are being 
updated on a 'lunar update' would go a long way toward making 
updates less nerve racking.

Upgrading to Postgresql 8.x from 7.x requires dumping the 
databases with the 7.x version and then re-loading them after 
the upgrade. This is not an uncommon requirement.

Luckily, I learned that this upgrade was going to break things 
on a non-critical system.

--Richard



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