Re: problems with pg_restore to 7.3.3 db

Was this an upgrade from an RPM to a source file install?  Are parts of
the older database in a different directory and maybe the database is
trying to load the wrong versions of the /usr/lib/pgsql//plpgsql.so file?

Just guessing.

On Thu, 3 Jul 2003, andy morrow wrote:

> hi,
>
> sorry for posting this again, but if anyone has any ideas, they would be
> greatly appreciated,
>
> i've searched through the FAQ's and other newsgroups etc but cant seem to
> find any answers that will help me wit this problem.
>
> thanks
>
> andy
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org
> > [mailto:pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org]On Behalf Of andy morrow
> > Sent: 02 July 2003 15:17
> > To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
> > Subject: [GENERAL] problems with pg_restore to 7.3.3 db
> >
> >
> > hi,
> >
> > fairly new to postgres admin stuff......
> >
> > i have a production machine that is running postgresql 7.1.3
> > also, there's a test machine which already had 7.0.3, and which i newly
> > installed 7.3.3
> >
> > so, i dumped all the databases from the production db and reloaded on the
> > test,
> > there was a few problems but only small ones and i sorted them out ok, but
> > one of the databases has large objects in it, so the dumpall wont dump the
> > large objects,
> > so, i made a dump of the db with large objects
> >
> >
> > pg_dump -b -Fc -f /var/lib/pgsql/backups/mydblo_dump mydblo
> >
> >
> > this went fine,
> > then i created the db using
> >
> >
> > createdb -T template0 mydblo
> >
> > then, i try to restore on the test machine using
> >
> >
> > pg_restore -Fc -d mydblo mydblo_dump
> >
> > to which i get the error
> >
> > pg_restore: [archiver (db)] could not execute query: ERROR:  Load of file
> > /usr/lib/pgsql//plpgsql.so failed: /usr/lib/pgsql//plpgsql.so: undefined
> > symbol: fmgr_pl_finfo
> >
> >
> > is there something wrong with my pg_restore command or is there
> > some mix up
> > that its looking at variabels from the old version of the db?
> >
> > i've tried
> >
> > pg_restore -Fc -f mydblo_dump -d mydblo
> >
> > but that just starts and does nothing for ages, and i have to kill the job
> > then.
> >
> > thanks for any ideas,
> >
> > andy
> >
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