[GENERAL] pgAdmin in 8.4 installation uses tools from 8.3 installation

[Radcon Entec]

Greetings!

We just upgraded a customer's PostgreSQL installation from 8.3 to 8.4.1.  I 
wanted to make a small change to the database.  I wanted to take a backup 
before I did it, just in case.  When I run pgAdmin from the PostgreSQL/8.4/bin 
folder and try to take a backup, the backup fails.  The output shows me that it 
is running PostgreSQL/8.3/bin/pg_dump.exe instead of 
PostgreSQL/8.4/bin/pg_dump.exe.  I found that the psql window that can be 
invoked from the latest pgAdmin is also running a tool from the 8.3 
installation.

How do I tell pgAdmin to use 8.4 tools instead of 8.3 tools?

Thank you very much.

RobR



  

Re: [GENERAL] pgAdmin in 8.4 installation uses tools from 8.3 installation

[Andy Shellam (Mailing Lists)]

> We just upgraded a customer's PostgreSQL installation from 8.3 to 8.4.1.  I 
> wanted to make a small change to the database.  I wanted to take a backup 
> before I did it, just in case.  When I run pgAdmin from the 
> PostgreSQL/8.4/bin folder and try to take a backup, the backup fails.  The 
> output shows me that it is running PostgreSQL/8.3/bin/pg_dump.exe instead of 
> PostgreSQL/8.4/bin/pg_dump.exe.  I found that the psql window that can be 
> invoked from the latest pgAdmin is also running a tool from the 8.3 
> installation.
> 
> How do I tell pgAdmin to use 8.4 tools instead of 8.3 tools?


Preferences?  I'm running on a Mac which means the preferences screen is 
accessible using PgAdmin3 > Preferences - on Windows it may be something like 
File/Tools > Options/Preferences.

Then set the "PG bin path" as appropriate.

It may also be that the 8.3 bin folder is set in your PATH variable.

Regards,
Andy