Re: Dump 7.1.3->7.4.2 - Mailing list pgsql-general

From: "Doug McNaught" <doug@mcnaught.org>


> "Cyril VELTER" <cyril.velter@metadys.com> writes:
>
> >     I'm trying to dump a database from a 7.1.3 server to a 7.4.2 one.
> >
> >     It doesn't works because of difference in COPY format (unless I
use -d
> > which is VERY slow on a 16G database).
>
> Try using the 7.4.2 version of pg_dump to dump out the 7.1.3
> database.  pg_dump is written to talk to multiple versions of the
> server, and it's generally recommended to use the same version of
> pg_dump as the server you're restoring into.

    That's what I already do, but the problem is in COPY TO format (which is
handled by the backend ? right ?)

    cyril