"Iames Pizzoli" <iames@esperiasw.it> writes:
> "An old version of the database format was found. You need to upgrade
> the data format before using PostgreSQL. See
> /usr/share/doc/postgresql-7.3/README.rpm-dist for more information."
> I cannot see any useful info there. I have no important data to
> be worried about in the PC (the db I created was a test, no table). If
> there is an easy way to get rid of it I'd do it immediately. Any hint?
If you don't need the old database, then just "rm -rf" the PGDATA
directory and re-run initdb.
The RPM distribution may have some script it wants you to run instead of
just running initdb directly; I'm not sure. Have you read the README
that the error message directs you to?
regards, tom lane