On Tue, Mar 28, 2006 at 03:54:30PM +0100, Andy Shellam wrote: > QUOTE: > Exactly this issue and that you have to make a 'full' dump/restore > between major release is a big minus I hear everywhere I > explain/discuss about postgres for 24/7 and big databases. > END QUOTE > > Yes but how often does a major release come out? 17th Jan 2005 was the > first date of 8.0 according to the FTP site, with 8.1 out in November 2005. > If it takes a whole day to do a dump/restore, that's only one day out of > about 270 or more. Uh, for many sites minutes of downtime would be a huge issue, let alone hours.
Fortunately, you can use Slony to migrate between versions, greatly reducing downtime. -- Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com work: 512-231-6117 vcard: http://jim.nasby.net/pervasive.vcf cell: 512-569-9461 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match
