On Wed, 2009-03-25 at 10:25 -0700, Richard Broersma wrote:
> Using the following links to get to the PostgreSQL 8.3.7 (Windows)
> one-click installer:
> 
> http://www.postgresql.org/download/windows
> http://www.enterprisedb.com/products/pgdownload.do#windows
> 
> and then running the update utility, I get the following error message:
> 
> "[Error]
> The existing data directory (Date/time setting: floating-point
> numbers) is not compatible with this server (Date/time setting: 64-bit
> integers)."
> 
> 
> Q1)  Will a fresh install with dump and reload work?

Yes.

> Q2)  Is integer timestamps becoming the new default from the previous
> floating point data type?
> 

In 8.4 yes. Not sure why the windows installer does that now.

Joshua D. Drake

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