While reading FAQ at
http://www.ca.postgresql.org/docs/faq-english.html#3.10, the following
advice is given:
"The PostgreSQL team makes only small changes between minor releases,
so upgrading from 7.2 to 7.2.1 does not require a dump and restore.
However, major releases (e.g. from 7.2 to 7.3) ofte
> Is a dump/restore required from 7.2 to 7.2.3? What if we were to go
> from 7.2 to 7.2.4, or even from 7.2 to the latest, 7.3.2? How can we
> tell when a dump/restore is required?
In answer to my own question, I found that the HISTORY file within the
source archive
(http://www.ca.postgresql.or
On 10 Feb 2003, Stephane Charette wrote:
> "The PostgreSQL team makes only small changes between minor releases,
> so upgrading from 7.2 to 7.2.1 does not require a dump and restore.
This says that you don't need to dump/restore when you are just upgrading
7.2 => 7.2.4, or 7.3.1 => 7.3.2. Minor r
