Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> > Tom Lane wrote:
> >> One problem that just occurred to me is that this solution may not be
> >> adequate for pg_migrator. It will need to check that the new database
> >> has the same "default" settings (where "default" means "those of
> >> template0") as the old installation did. I think that's probably doable
> >> but we'll have to check.
>
> > I have already coded pg_migrator to get the 8.4 template0 locale and
> > check for a match of that against pg_controldata of 8.3. Are you saying
> > I need to spin through all the databases after they are created and
> > check again?
>
> No, that sounds like it should be sufficient ... but you need to check
> the template0 encodings match too, assuming that we make encoding and
> locale work the same here.
OK, are you suggesting checking the pg_database.encoding for
template0 for both servers because that information isn't in either
pg_controldatas?
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