On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 10:36 AM, Carlos Mennens <carlos.menn...@gmail.com> wrote: > I did an upgrade on my database server this past weekend and the > database fails to start. I checked /var/log/postgresql and found the > reason: > > [r...@slave ~]# ps aux | grep postgres > root 5189 0.0 0.0 8128 956 pts/0 S+ 12:28 0:00 grep postgres > > [r...@slave ~]# /etc/rc.d/postgresql start > :: Starting PostgreSQL > > [BUSY] server starting > > > [DONE] > [r...@slave ~]# ps aux | grep postgres > root 5205 0.0 0.0 8128 960 pts/0 R+ 12:28 0:00 grep postgres > > [r...@slave ~]# tail -n 50 /var/log/postgresql.log > FATAL: database files are incompatible with server > DETAIL: The data directory was initialized by PostgreSQL version 8.4, > which is not compatible with this version 9.0.1. > FATAL: database files are incompatible with server > DETAIL: The data directory was initialized by PostgreSQL version 8.4, > which is not compatible with this version 9.0.1. > FATAL: database files are incompatible with server > DETAIL: The data directory was initialized by PostgreSQL version 8.4, > which is not compatible with this version 9.0.1. > > Does anyone know if this is a issue with PostgreSQL or with the way > Arch Linux packages the upgrade?
It's always been like that. There should be a pg_migrator script or something like that to convert the 8.4 db to 9.0 -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
