Re: migrating data from an old postgres version - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Melvin Davidson
Subject Re: migrating data from an old postgres version
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Msg-id CANu8FiwLUMKJhGqxyjrv+gGfwn=qeJWrToMUdtUtOgswiQaEuw@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: migrating data from an old postgres version  (Willy-Bas Loos <willybas@gmail.com>)
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On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 10:07 AM, Willy-Bas Loos <willybas@gmail.com> wrote:

On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 3:55 PM, Melvin Davidson <melvin6925@gmail.com> wrote:

Why can't he just do a
pg_dump -F p his_dbname > his_dbname.sql
Then copy dbname.sql to a jump/thumb drive on the old laptop
copy the data from the jump/thumb drive to the new laptop
create the new db in 9.5
and use pg_restore to load the his_dbname.sql ?

Because it's not the same version, so that will cause some errors.
But i guess we should be able to live with that.
Thanks, i guess i was thinking a bit too rigid.

Cheers,
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Willy-Bas Loos

If you dump with -F p (plain is default) then the version does not matter.
That is the recommended method for upgrading from older versions.
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/upgrading.html

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Melvin Davidson
I reserve the right to fantasize.  Whether or not you
wish to share my fantasy is entirely up to you.

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