David Siebert <david@aretoo.com> writes:
> I have a very old postgres server that I am trying to move the data off
> of. It is running 7.1 and has been trouble free for 6 plus years.
> I am trying to move the data base off to a server running 8.1.
> I have managed to back up the data using PG_Dump using like this.
> " pg_dump -b -Fc -h stan.someplace.com -u phone >phone.data"
Use the 8.1 pg_dump to connect to the 7.1 database and generate a
backup. Then the 8.1 pg_restore should be able to restore (new
versions of restore don't always understand old dump formats).
-Doug
