Re: Migrating Postgresql 8.0 to 8.3 - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Craig Ringer
Subject Re: Migrating Postgresql 8.0 to 8.3
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Msg-id 50290244.4090209@ringerc.id.au
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In response to Migrating Postgresql 8.0 to 8.3  (quickinfo <quickinfo123@gmail.com>)
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On 08/13/2012 08:40 PM, quickinfo wrote:
Hello Friends,

I would like to migrate postgresql 8.0 to 8.3. Please suggest me the best way of restoring my backup.

If at all possible, use the 8.3 version of pg_dump to make a new backup from your 8.0 server, rather than trying to restore a dump from 8.0 to 8.3.

Also, please consider 8.3 as a stepping stone to 9.1, which should be your migration target. 8.3 will be leaving support early next year:

    http://www.postgresql.org/support/versioning/

so it is not a good choice for an upgrade target.

--
Craig Ringer

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