On Wed, 2005-10-19 at 10:47, FM wrote: > Hello erverybody, > I need to install a new version of Redhat on my server. > On the distro, pgsql data are in : /var/lib/pgsql (which is mounted on > its own partition). > Can I "just" install the new version of Redhat, reinstall the same > version of Postgresql (7.4.8) ? > I'll do a pgdump all just in case It might work, but there are no guarantees. The two versions basically need to have been compiled with a few different settings the same, or the new version won't be able to run on the old versions data directory. Worth a try though. As long as you have that pg_dump sitting around. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend
