Robert Haas wrote: > On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 3:11 PM, Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> wrote: > > Stefan Kaltenbrunner wrote: > >> > I have updated the paragraph to be: > >> > > >> > ? ? Upgrading from PostgreSQL 8.3 has additional restrictions not present > >> > ? ? when upgrading from later PostgreSQL releases. ?For example, > >> > ? ? pg_upgrade will not work for a migration from 8.3 if a user column > >> > ? ? is defined as: > >> > > >> > Can you suggest other wording? > >> > >> hmm that seems better thanks, however I just noticed that we don't have > >> a "general limitations" section. The way the docs are now done suggests > >> that there are not limitations at all (except for the two warnings in > >> the migration guide). Is pg_upgrade really up to the point where it can > >> fully replace pg_dump & pg_restore independent of the loaded (contrib) > >> or even third party modules(like postgis or custom datatypes etc)? > > > > Yea, that's about right. ?I can add limiations if you want. ?;-) > > I don't believe this. For one thing, I am pretty sure that if there > are ABI differences between loadable modules between the old and new > cluster, hilarity will ensue.
Well, the point is that our existing code doesn't have any incompatibilites that I know of. We could certainly add some in 9.1. > > The only open pg_upgrade items are the ones on our TODO list: > > > > ? ? ? ?http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Todo > > > > (I can't give you a URL hash-reference to the section because it doesn't > > work on Firefox and no one seems to be able to fix it.) > > It works OK for me. The link to /contrib/pg_upgrade within the nav > section at the top righthand corner of the page seems to work just > fine. > > http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Todo#.2Fcontrib.2Fpg_upgrade The problem is that the "Contents" menu on the top right of the page doesn't allow a clickable link to that section, and many others. -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers