Re: dump from 9.0 to 8.3 - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From CaT
Subject Re: dump from 9.0 to 8.3
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Msg-id 20110621064721.GH22320@zip.com.au
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In response to Re: dump from 9.0 to 8.3  (Achilleas Mantzios <achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com>)
Responses Re: dump from 9.0 to 8.3  (Achilleas Mantzios <achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com>)
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On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 09:10:50AM +0300, Achilleas Mantzios wrote:
> Στις Monday 20 June 2011 18:46:33 ο/η Kevin Grittner έγραψε:
> > Achilleas Mantzios <achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com> wrote:
> >
> > > is there any quick and dirty (or otherwise easy way) to have a
> > > smooth procedure to load into a 8.3 server data dumped by an 9.0
> > > server ?
> > >
> > > I tried with pg_dump -i from the 8.3 server without good results.
> >
> > Your best bet might be to dump using the 9.0 pg_dump and then see
> > where the errors are on the load attempt, and edit the file as
> > needed.
> >
>
> Thanx, unfortunately the dump is 310GB, and that rather forces me to go to the
> "migration" direction.

I may get beaten up for this but... slony? :)

Afaik should be doable. Your tables just need primary keys.

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