> That tells the server version running, but does it tell the initdb > binary version used to init the cluster? Normally there's not any difference between dot-release initdb's. In this case there is; read the 8.0.3 release notes: http://developer.postgresql.org/docs/postgres/release.html#RELEASE-8-0-3 You could determine which was used by looking at the declared arguments of the conversion functions. regards, tom lane