On Wed, Nov 13, 2024 at 1:50 PM Catherine Frock <fr...@uwalumni.com> wrote:
> I'm seeking help in restoring a database that was created with PostgreSQL > 9.6. I backed it up successfully and have restored it before, but that was > when PostgreSQL 9.6 was still supported. After going through the > installation of PostgreSQL 16.3, I opened up pgAdmin 4 to try to verify the > PostgreSQL/PostGIS installation, but when I try to connect to the > PostgreSQL 16.3 server, I get an internal server error message: > 'ServerManager' > object has no attribute 'user_info'. > > In pgAdmin4, I am able to connect to the PostgreSQL 9.6 server, but when I > try to verify the install by querying: CREATE EXTENSION postgis; > SELECT postgis_version(); > I get the following error message: ERROR: could not open extension > control file "C:/Program > Files/PostgreSQL/9.6/share/extension/postgis.control": > No such file or directory SQL state: 58P01 > > How can I restore my database to have access to it again? > Do you still have the backup file somewhere? If so, then modern versions of PG *will* read the 9.6 backup file. You "just" need to have PostGIS somewhere on disk that PG 16.3 knows about. -- Death to <Redacted>, and butter sauce. Don't boil me, I'm still alive. <Redacted> lobster!
