Re: Question about pg_dump + pg_restore + pg_toast - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Ron Johnson
Subject Re: Question about pg_dump + pg_restore + pg_toast
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Msg-id CANzqJaBq-y6Cs1LOcuaczULemktY_XY99-o7jBv-Nw_TMsQF6Q@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: Question about pg_dump + pg_restore + pg_toast  (Edwin UY <edwin.uy@gmail.com>)
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Run the PG12 pg_dump just before the pg_upgrade.

Forward compatibility in maintenance utilities is (usually) guaranteed.  Backwards compatibility (which is what you want)?  Not so much.

On Mon, Feb 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM Edwin UY <edwin.uy@gmail.com> wrote:
Yikes, I thought it is alright so long as I use the latest version of pg_dump and restore.
Thanks for the warning.

On Tue, Feb 25, 2025 at 12:35 AM Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at> wrote:
On Mon, 2025-02-24 at 22:19 +1300, Edwin UY wrote:
> We are upgrading this database from v12 to v16 and we want to do a dump of it in case we decided to do a restore from v16 to v12.
> SO, after the upgrade, in case we want to rollback to v12, we will do a pg_dump using v16 and then using v12 pg_restore

Be warned that downgrade is not supported and restoring the dump to v12 might well fail.
You might have to manually edit the dump file until you can restore it without errors.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe

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