Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote: > > I just want people to not get bit in a bad way and decide they > > don't want to > > use PostgreSQL after all. And with the new features of 7.3, lots > > of users > > who might have begun with 7.2 are going to want to upgrade -- but > > if it's too > > painful.... Sorry, it's just a sore spot for me, this whole > > upgrade issue. > > I know Oliver has the same problem, with slightly different presentation. > > IS there any solution to Postgres's upgrade problems? I mean, ever? With > the complex catalog design, etc - how is it every possible for us to do a > plug-n-play major version upgrade (assuming datafile format doesn't change > anymore) > > How does pg_upgrade work?
pg_upgrade sort of worked for 7.2 but I got to it too late and I didn't properly expand the pg_clog files. In 7.3, the file format has changed. If we don't change the format for 7.4, I can do it, but I have to add schema stuff to it. Shouldn't be too hard. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
