On Sun, 24 Jun 2007, Campbell, Lance wrote:
> In order to upgrade from 8.1.4 to 8.1.9 I get the impression from the
> documentation I should do the following:
>
>
>
> 1) stop my database
> 2) back it up (just for safety purposes)
> 3) install the new version overtop of the old one (I would
> actually rename the install directory of 8.1.4 before installing 8.1.9 -
> I am paranoid)
> 4) then start PostgreSQL
>
> Since the version I am upgrading to is still version 8.1.X then I don't
> have to backup the old database and then restore it from backup into the
> new PostgreSQL version. The configuration files are suppose to work
> just fine. I just need to install the new version.
Lance,
That's correct. You can just stop the old version, install the new version
and start it up, no dump/restore necessary.
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