Re: [GENERAL] upgrading from backend version 811 to 812

2005-11-08 Thread Alex Mayrhofer
Tom Lane wrote: DETAIL: The database cluster was initialized with PG_CONTROL_VERSION 811, but the server was compiled with PG_CONTROL_VERSION 812. Those are internal version numbers that no one normally ever sees, and certainly no one thinks about. You shouldn't try to outsmart us by referrin

Re: [GENERAL] upgrading from backend version 811 to 812

2005-11-08 Thread Tom Lane
Alex Mayrhofer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Jim C. Nasby wrote: >> 811? 812? We don't have anything close to those version numbers... > I'm well aware that PostgreSQL itself is currently at 8.1.0 - however, i'm > upgrading from 8.1beta2, and it seems to me that the backend version was > modifie

Re: [GENERAL] upgrading from backend version 811 to 812

2005-11-08 Thread Alex Mayrhofer
Jim C. Nasby wrote: 811? 812? We don't have anything close to those version numbers... I'm well aware that PostgreSQL itself is currently at 8.1.0 - however, i'm upgrading from 8.1beta2, and it seems to me that the backend version was modified between those two versions - "811" and "812" seem

Re: [GENERAL] upgrading from backend version 811 to 812

2005-11-08 Thread Jim C. Nasby
811? 812? We don't have anything close to those version numbers... If you're upgrading to 8.1 you need to dump/reload, unless you're comming from a recent RC or beta. You *might* be able to get away with a simple drop-in upgrade in that case. On Tue, Nov 08, 2005 at 08:25:31PM +0100, Alex Mayrhof

[GENERAL] upgrading from backend version 811 to 812

2005-11-08 Thread Alex Mayrhofer
Hi, is there any way to upgrade an 811 backend version cluster to the current 812 version? Any "don't try at home"-type tricks? I'm willing to risk cluster corruption, because this is just a test database (but it is rather large). thanks, alex ---(end of broadca