so.. what can i just delete and keep going forward. the old version was
never really used, and we don't have an old version of the postgres app..
thanks
bruce
-----Original Message-----
From: Lonni J Friedman [mailto:netllama@gmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2005 3:30 PM
To: bedouglas@earthlink.net
Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] postgresql error
On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 10:13:34 -0800, bruce <bedouglas@earthlink.net> wrote:
> hi...
>
> i get a postgres error when i've gone from RH8 to FC3 and am now using
> postgreSQL-7.4.7.
>
> an err msg 'an old version of database format was found. you need to
upgrade
> the data format....."
>
> searching google shows that others have seen this, but i can't find a way
to
> correct it. i've checked the postrgres site/faq and couldn't find anything
> either. can someone point me to a site/steps that show what i have to do.
> i'm not a postgre user/guru by any means!!
You need to dump the DB from the old version of postgresql and import
it back into the new version. see the pg_dump and pg_restore man
pages.
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