On Wed, 2 Aug 2006 20:51:51 -0700 (PDT)
Ramon Orticio <rporticio@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Dear Friends,
>
> I'm using a readhat9 distro with postgresql7 and pgadminIII working
> fine. but when I upgraded to fedora core 4 the postgres database and
> pgadminIII are no longer running. during boot up I am prompted that
> there is an old version of postgresql inside that needs to be
> upgraded. I queried through the console using the command $rpm -qa
> postgres ql postgresql-8.0.3-1 came out the screen. the
> usr/shared/docs/postgresql/readme.rpm dist states " These RPMs no
> longer support any sort of upgrading process other than that
> documented in the regular documentation. That isyou must dump,
> upgrade, initdb, and restore your data. Dump first, then remove the
> old server subpackage, install the new package, and restore the data
> from dump." how do I do this. what are the necessary commands to be
> executed? thank you for your concern particulary to a neophyte like
> me. ramon
>
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Ramon,
Check out the postgresql documentation:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/install-upgrading.html
You will find more detailed coverage of this issue.
John Purser
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You are confused; but this is your normal state.
