Dear Wiki user, You have subscribed to a wiki page or wiki category on "Fedora Project Wiki" for change notification. The following page has been changed by MurrayMcAllister: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/DatabaseServers?action=diff&rev2=35&rev1=34 The comment on the change is: adding more detail to upgrade database admonition ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This release of Fedora includes PostgreSQL [[GetVal(DocsDict,postsqlVer)]]. For more information on this new version, refer to http://www.postgresql.org/docs/whatsnew. - || {*} '''Upgrading Databases''' || - || Before upgrading an existing Fedora system with a PostgreSQL database, it could be necessary to follow the procedure described at [http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/interactive/install-upgrading.html]. Otherwise the data may be not accessible by the new version of PostgreSQL. || + || {*} '''Data loss when upgrading a PostgreSQL database''' || + || The data storage format has changed in the new releases of PostgreSQL. Before upgrading an existing Fedora system, that has a PostgreSQL database that does not have an 8.2.x version number, follow the steps at [http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/interactive/install-upgrading.html], otherwise the existing data will not be accessible by new versions of PostgreSQL. || -- Fedora-relnotes-content mailing list Fedora-relnotes-content@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-relnotes-content
