Re: Upgrading PG

On Monday 01 October 2007, "Gauthier, Dave" <dave.gauthier@intel.com> wrote:
> I'm going to move from v7.4.13 to v8.2.0 (suse-64). I have 2
> pre-existing DBs.  Do I need to "convert" or port them to v8 in any way
> after I start up with a v8 postmaster?
>

All major version upgrades require a dump and reload. You should read all
the update notes for intermediate versions.

You may also run into some bad-unicode data issues moving from 7.4 to 8.x. I
would do a test run on a separate machine before committing to a conversion
date (always a good idea IMO).

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