On Mon, Nov 08, 2010 at 09:27:27AM -0500, Brandon Mercer wrote: > 2010/11/8 Pierre-Emmanuel André <p...@raveland.org>: > > Hi, > > > > I've just updated PostgreSQL to it's latest version: 9.0.1. > > As usual, a dump/restore is needed for this upgrade. > > I wrote a small howto for those who need help: > > http://openbsd.raveland.org/ports/postgresql/UPGRADE_HOWTO.txt > > > > If you want more informations about this version, you can look at > > http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/What%27s_new_in_PostgreSQL_9.0 > > > > Please note that: > > + pkg_add will warn you about this upgrade (usefull if you forgot > > to dump all your databases) > > + skytools is currently broken. I will commit a new version in a > > few days. > > I thought the 9.x branch had better tools to upgrade from previous > versions? Is this just untrue in general or only for OpenBSD's port? > Brandon >
There is pg_upgrade ( http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/pgupgrade.html ) but you need to have 2 versions installed in the same time (ex: 8.4.5 and 9.0.1). Regards, -- Pierre-Emmanuel André <pea at raveland.org> GPG key: 0x7AE329DC
