upgrading from postgresql 8.4 - postgis 1.3.6 to postgresql 9.2/postgis2.0 - Mailing list pgsql-novice

From Athanasios Kostopoulos
Subject upgrading from postgresql 8.4 - postgis 1.3.6 to postgresql 9.2/postgis2.0
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Msg-id CAFnWstODNTajQZQ-iMSjFKuoKBvRRQ3L7GOTmcGGP8OxotpqMQ@mail.gmail.com
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Responses Re: upgrading from postgresql 8.4 - postgis 1.3.6 to postgresql 9.2/postgis2.0  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Dear list,
first of all thanks for the direct and indirect help all this time. I now have a problem that proves to be quite the brain-teaser (at least for me).

I have an ancient database (8.4.X) integrated with postGIS 1.3.6. Clearly, this while currently working will reach end of life soon and needs to be upgraded.

On a Debian wheezy system, I installed postgres 9.2/postgis2.0 - all from the apt repositories provided by postgres. When I try to do things the recommended way from postGIS (processing the backup with their perl script) during restore I get a few errors and constantly increasing memory usage, until the restore process will die with an "out of memory error". When I try to restore the "pure" dump, I get a number of errors and an unusuable database at the end.

Now, I understand that I am talking a big increase in major versions, including some non backwards compatible changes in postgis but such an upgrade should be feasible. Can someone give me a small push, so I can move forward with this? I would prefer to upgrade to the latest versions of postgresql and postGIS, if such a thing is possible.

Thanks in advance for any replies.

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