Thread: BUG #6063: compatability issues

The following bug has been logged online:

Bug reference:      6063
Logged by:          Praveen
Email address:      spkumarvayala@gmail.com
PostgreSQL version: 8.4
Operating system:   windows 7
Description:        compatability issues
Details:

our application run on following platform
  Operating System: Windows XP servies pack 2
  visual basic: 2005
  Postgresql  : 8.4
  Posgis      : 1.4

 problem: now we upgrading our operating system as windows 7 with 64 bit.
    i am install above software listed above .
   problem is that execption is occured when connection  open statement is
executed.

is  Postgresql  : 8.4   Posgis      : 1.4  works in windows 7? if otherwise
which version is used?
data in postgresql 8.4 can be restored in higher version of postgresql?
please give better comments
thanks in adavance ....

On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 1:34 AM, Praveen <spkumarvayala@gmail.com> wrote:
> The following bug has been logged online:
>
> Bug reference: =A0 =A0 =A06063
> Logged by: =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Praveen
> Email address: =A0 =A0 =A0spkumarvayala@gmail.com
> PostgreSQL version: 8.4
> Operating system: =A0 windows 7
> Description: =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0compatability issues
> Details:
>
> our application run on following platform
> =A0Operating System: Windows XP servies pack 2
> =A0visual basic: 2005
> =A0Postgresql =A0: 8.4
> =A0Posgis =A0 =A0 =A0: 1.4
>
> =A0problem: now we upgrading our operating system as windows 7 with 64 bi=
t.
> =A0 =A0i am install above software listed above .
> =A0 problem is that execption is occured when connection =A0open statemen=
t is
> executed.
>
> is =A0Postgresql =A0: 8.4 =A0 Posgis =A0 =A0 =A0: 1.4 =A0works in windows=
 7? if otherwise
> which version is used?
> data in postgresql 8.4 can be restored in higher version of postgresql?
> please give better comments
> thanks in adavance ....

Data from older versions of PostgreSQL can generally be restored to
newer versions just fine.  But it's not really clear what problem you
are having here, so it's hard to provide any more help than that.

--=20
Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company

>   problem: now we upgrading our operating system as windows 7 with 64 bit.
>     i am install above software listed above .
>    problem is that execption is occured when connection  open statement is
> executed.

There's no evidence this is a bug. Please post a question on the
pgsql-general mailing list if you're still stuck, following the advice
on this page to make sure you include enough detail for someone to be
able to help you:

http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Guide_to_reporting_problems

--
Craig Ringer