Re: 7.4 -> 7.4.1 upgrade with customization on freebsd - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: 7.4 -> 7.4.1 upgrade with customization on freebsd
Date
Msg-id 19139.1074554604@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: 7.4 -> 7.4.1 upgrade with customization on freebsd  (Jeff Eckermann <jeff_eckermann@yahoo.com>)
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Jeff Eckermann <jeff_eckermann@yahoo.com> writes:
> --- bill.postgresql-users@mcmilleon.com wrote:
>> 1) having now done some development in 7.4, I've
>> decided I need to be
>> able to exceed the default limit of 16 arguments
>> for plpgsql functions

Bill, you do realize that the default limit is not 16?  It's been 32
for a good while ...

> You will need to start over.  You can preserve your
> data by either of the two previously suggested
> methods, i.e. pg_dumpall, or copy the $PGDATA
> directory off to the side, then restore it later.

He had better pg_dumpall, because the modified server won't be able to
use the old $PGDATA tree.

            regards, tom lane

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