"Boris Makovecki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm trying to migrate postgre DB from 7.4 to 8.0. When I start pg_dumpall > (8.0) and connect it to 7.4 it fails with error:
> pg_dump: SQL command failed > pg_dump: Error message from server: ERROR: cannot cast type "unknown" to > text > pg_dump: The command was: SELECT proretset, prosrc, probin, null::text as > proargnames, provolatile, proisstrict, prosecdef, (SELECT lanname FROM > pg_catalog.pg_language WHERE oid = prolang) as lanname FROM > pg_catalog.pg_proc WHERE oid = '17926077'::pg_catalog.oid Works fine for me, using a 7.4.7 server. Possibly you are hitting some bug in an earlier 7.4.* release? (I don't see anything promising looking in the CVS logs, though.) What *exactly* is the server version? regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])