Thread: 8.5 beta manual
Is the 8.5 beta manual available somewhere on the site? If yes, I'd appreciate a link. Thanks -- Mike Ellsworth
Mike Ellsworth wrote on 23.01.2010 19:03: > Is the 8.5 beta manual available somewhere on the site? > If yes, I'd appreciate a link. > > Thanks > http://developer.postgresql.org/pgdocs/postgres/index.html
Thomas Kellerer <spam_eater@gmx.net> writes: > Mike Ellsworth wrote on 23.01.2010 19:03: >> Is the 8.5 beta manual available somewhere on the site? >> If yes, I'd appreciate a link. > http://developer.postgresql.org/pgdocs/postgres/index.html It's worth pointing out that what that link actually is is the up-to-the-minute documentation built from CVS HEAD. So it might describe some recent changes that are not in whatever alpha release you are working with. (There isn't any "8.5 beta" yet, and actually never will be; per recent decision, the next release will be 9.0.) regards, tom lane
Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: > It's worth pointing out that what that link actually is is the > up-to-the-minute documentation built from CVS HEAD. So it might > describe some recent changes that are not in whatever alpha release > you are working with. (There isn't any "8.5 beta" yet, and actually > never will be; per recent decision, the next release will be 9.0.) Right, but see http://developer.postgresql.org/pgdocs/postgres/index.html : "PostgreSQL 8.5devel Documentation" Should be renamed to 9.0 ... Andreas -- Really, I'm not out to destroy Microsoft. That will just be a completely unintentional side effect. (Linus Torvalds) "If I was god, I would recompile penguin with --enable-fly." (unknown) Kaufbach, Saxony, Germany, Europe. N 51.05082°, E 13.56889°
Andreas Kretschmer <akretschmer@spamfence.net> writes: > Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: >> (There isn't any "8.5 beta" yet, and actually >> never will be; per recent decision, the next release will be 9.0.) > Right, but see > http://developer.postgresql.org/pgdocs/postgres/index.html : > "PostgreSQL 8.5devel Documentation" > Should be renamed to 9.0 ... http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2010-01/msg02159.php regards, tom lane
Will there be an upgrade procedure, too? There is a growing problem with PgSQL not allowing upgrades and requesting that the databases should be rebuilt from scratch, using pg_dumpall. My company is planning to create a Postgres database 1TB in size, but the upgrades are a major obstacle in the planning.
On Sun, 2010-01-24 at 13:26 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
On Sun, 2010-01-24 at 13:26 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
Andreas Kretschmer <akretschmer@spamfence.net> writes: > Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: >> (There isn't any "8.5 beta" yet, and actually >> never will be; per recent decision, the next release will be 9.0.) > Right, but see > http://developer.postgresql.org/pgdocs/postgres/index.html : > "PostgreSQL 8.5devel Documentation" > Should be renamed to 9.0 ... http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2010-01/msg02159.php regards, tom lane
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2010/1/24 Mladen Gogala <mladen.gogala@vmsinfo.com>
Will there be an upgrade procedure, too? There is a growing problem with PgSQL not allowing upgrades and requesting that the databases should be rebuilt from scratch, using pg_dumpall. My company is planning to create a Postgres database 1TB in size, but the upgrades are a major obstacle in the planning.
No doubt pg-migrator will enable fast upgrades between versions, but you aren't required to upgrade to the latest major version. For example, if you're on 8.4.2, and loads of security patches and bug fixes are released as 8.4.3, there won't be any breaking changes, so you can upgrade to that minor version and no dump and restore is required.
Regards
Thom