so.. what can i just delete and keep going forward. the old version was never really used, and we don't have an old version of the postgres app..
thanks bruce -----Original Message----- From: Lonni J Friedman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2005 3:30 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [GENERAL] postgresql error On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 10:13:34 -0800, bruce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi... > > i get a postgres error when i've gone from RH8 to FC3 and am now using > postgreSQL-7.4.7. > > an err msg 'an old version of database format was found. you need to upgrade > the data format....." > > searching google shows that others have seen this, but i can't find a way to > correct it. i've checked the postrgres site/faq and couldn't find anything > either. can someone point me to a site/steps that show what i have to do. > i'm not a postgre user/guru by any means!! You need to dump the DB from the old version of postgresql and import it back into the new version. see the pg_dump and pg_restore man pages. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ L. Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] LlamaLand http://netllama.linux-sxs.org ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org
