upgrade postgres 7.1 to 7.4.2

[csysi]

Hello, i upgrade postgres version 7.1 to version 7.4.2 and it tell me that
the databases are incompatible.

Can i convert the databases ?
Thank´s for the help
Jorge

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[Keith C. Perry]

Quoting csysi <cs***@fe.up.pt>:

Hello, i upgrade postgres version 7.1 to version 7.4.2 and it tell me that
the databases are incompatible.

Can i convert the databases ?
Thank´s for the help
Jorge

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If you could post the exact error that you are getting and how you are
proceeding that would be helpful.

However, I've upgraded 7.1.3 to 7.4 and I had lots of problems until I used the
pg_dumpall from 7.4. In my case, it had two boxes so I ran the pg_dump from the
7.4 box to the 7.1.3.

Basically, you are dumping over the network. Its very straight forward. All
you have to do is set up the appropriate parameters in the pg_hba.conf file of
your 7.1 box and follow the directions in the man page of pg_dumpall (see the
"-h" parameter).

If you are not on a network, you could install 7.4 version in a different
directory and configure to run on a different port. You still dump via IP this
way. You can run both systems head to head that way and see how things went.

Good luck-

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[Keith C. Perry]

Quoting csysi <cs***@fe.up.pt>:

Hello, i upgrade postgres version 7.1 to version 7.4.2 and it tell me that
the databases are incompatible.

Can i convert the databases ?
Thank´s for the help
Jorge

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If you could post the exact error that you are getting and how you are
proceeding that would be helpful.

However, I've upgraded 7.1.3 to 7.4 and I had lots of problems until I used the
pg_dumpall from 7.4. In my case, it had two boxes so I ran the pg_dump from the
7.4 box to the 7.1.3.

Basically, you are dumping over the network. Its very straight forward. All
you have to do is set up the appropriate parameters in the pg_hba.conf file of
your 7.1 box and follow the directions in the man page of pg_dumpall (see the
"-h" parameter).

If you are not on a network, you could install 7.4 version in a different
directory and configure to run on a different port. You still dump via IP this
way. You can run both systems head to head that way and see how things went.

Good luck-

--
Keith C. Perry, MS E.E.
Director of Networks & Applications
VCSN, Inc.
http://vcsn.com

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[Bruno Wolff III]

On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 14:36:57 +0100,
csysi <cs***@fe.up.pt> wrote:

Hello, i upgrade postgres version 7.1 to version 7.4.2 and it tell me that
the databases are incompatible.

Can i convert the databases ?

You need to do a dump and reload to go between major releases (e.g.
from 7.1.x to 7.2.x). If you overlaid your 7.1 binaries you are going
to have to uninstall 7.4 and reinstall 7.1 and dump the database.
If you have the 7.1 binaries and the 7.4 binaries available, you
should use the 7.4 pg_dump(all) to do the dump as it is better
about handling dependencies and some other things.

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[scott.marlowe]

On Tue, 20 Apr 2004, csysi wrote:

Hello, i upgrade postgres version 7.1 to version 7.4.2 and it tell me that
the databases are incompatible.

Can i convert the databases ?

Yes, you need to reinstall 7.1, then use the pg_dump/pg_dumpall from 7.4.2
to dump the data out of the running 7.1 database. If you setup the two
databases on seperate machines this is easier to do, and how I usually
upgrade Postgresql at work.
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[Bruno Wolff III]

On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 14:36:57 +0100,
csysi <cs***@fe.up.pt> wrote:

Hello, i upgrade postgres version 7.1 to version 7.4.2 and it tell me that
the databases are incompatible.

Can i convert the databases ?

You need to do a dump and reload to go between major releases (e.g.
from 7.1.x to 7.2.x). If you overlaid your 7.1 binaries you are going
to have to uninstall 7.4 and reinstall 7.1 and dump the database.
If you have the 7.1 binaries and the 7.4 binaries available, you
should use the 7.4 pg_dump(all) to do the dump as it is better
about handling dependencies and some other things.

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[scott.marlowe]

On Tue, 20 Apr 2004, csysi wrote:

Hello, i upgrade postgres version 7.1 to version 7.4.2 and it tell me that
the databases are incompatible.

Can i convert the databases ?

Yes, you need to reinstall 7.1, then use the pg_dump/pg_dumpall from 7.4.2
to dump the data out of the running 7.1 database. If you setup the two
databases on seperate machines this is easier to do, and how I usually
upgrade Postgresql at work.
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[scott.marlowe]

On Tue, 20 Apr 2004, Bruno Wolff III wrote:

On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 14:36:57 +0100,
csysi <cs***@fe.up.pt> wrote:

Hello, i upgrade postgres version 7.1 to version 7.4.2 and it tell me that
the databases are incompatible.

Can i convert the databases ?

You need to do a dump and reload to go between major releases (e.g.
from 7.1.x to 7.2.x). If you overlaid your 7.1 binaries you are going
to have to uninstall 7.4 and reinstall 7.1 and dump the database.
If you have the 7.1 binaries and the 7.4 binaries available, you
should use the 7.4 pg_dump(all) to do the dump as it is better
about handling dependencies and some other things.

Bruno, a ton of work went into making the pg_dump in 7.4 capable of
dumping the older versions back through, I believe 7.0 or 6.5 or so.
Basically, the recommended method now is to just use 7.4's dump of a
running 7.1 database to get the dump.
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[scott.marlowe]

On Tue, 20 Apr 2004, Bruno Wolff III wrote:

On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 14:36:57 +0100,
csysi <cs***@fe.up.pt> wrote:

Hello, i upgrade postgres version 7.1 to version 7.4.2 and it tell me that
the databases are incompatible.

Can i convert the databases ?

You need to do a dump and reload to go between major releases (e.g.
from 7.1.x to 7.2.x). If you overlaid your 7.1 binaries you are going
to have to uninstall 7.4 and reinstall 7.1 and dump the database.
If you have the 7.1 binaries and the 7.4 binaries available, you
should use the 7.4 pg_dump(all) to do the dump as it is better
about handling dependencies and some other things.

Bruno, a ton of work went into making the pg_dump in 7.4 capable of
dumping the older versions back through, I believe 7.0 or 6.5 or so.
Basically, the recommended method now is to just use 7.4's dump of a
running 7.1 database to get the dump.
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