Re: Retore database on win xp from back up created with win 7 64 bit gets unsupported version - Mailing list pgadmin-support

On 29/06/2015 16:51, Ron Gregor wrote:
> I have pgadmin 1.10.0 installed on  2 machines. One is win xp and one is
> win 7 64 bit. I even checked that the rev numbers are the same. The back
> up was created using the win 7 64 machine (both using gui and batch
> file). When I try to use the win xp machine to restore the database I
> get the "unsupported version (1.11) in file header" error. Restoring
> using the win 7 64 machine works regardless of which machine creates the
> back up.
> 
> pg_dump.exe and pg_restore.exe are the same versions on both machines
> (8.4.0.9177).
> 
> Is there a difference in the back up file if win 7 64 creates it versus
> win xp creating it?

Only guessing here, but could it be a 32/64-bit problem?

You could also try using the text format for the backup, if your
database isn't too big - that's bound to work.

HTH,

Ray.

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Raymond O'Donnell :: Galway :: Ireland
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