Re: pg_upgrade project status - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Zdenek Kotala
Subject Re: pg_upgrade project status
Date
Msg-id 1233071252.1475.1.camel@localhost
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In response to Re: pg_upgrade project status  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>)
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Alvaro Herrera píše v út 27. 01. 2009 v 11:47 -0300:
> Zdenek Kotala wrote:
> 
> > 2) pg_upgrade.sh
> > http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2008-12/msg00248.php
> > 
> > Pg_upgrade.sh is shell script for catalog conversion. It works for
> > 8.3->8.4 upgrade.
> 
> What's the reason this script uses a postmaster?  It seems it would be
> easier to control if you used a standalone backend (--single) for each
> time you are piping stuff to psql.  That would reduce the need to
> configure authentication, hostnames, etc etc.

It is 8.1->8.2 upgrade relict. IIRC 8.1 does not have --single. I think
single mode can be used.
    thanks Zdenek 



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