Why don't you read the INSTALL file, included in
any pg distribution ?
On Tue, 27 Feb 2001, will trillich wrote:
> when upgrading from version X to version Y of postgres, the
> install appears to dump the data and schema, and then suck it
> back in with the new binaries.
>
> [i just tried going from 6.5.3 to 7.0.3potato but the plpgsql.so
> module wasn't installed and data types were conflicting, so the
> new schema is a bit scrambled -- but if i can get to the
> resurrection file, i'll be fine...]
>
> so where's the dump file that gets created? mine had some snags
> and i can fix it if i can edit the dump text. (i presume it's a
> series of SQL commands...)
>
> anybody know where that file is?
>
> --
> will@serensoft.com
