Hi, On Sat, 2006-03-25 at 20:46 +0000, Rick Ellis wrote: > I forgot to dump before I upgraded to Fedora Core 5 (Postgresql > 8.0.x to 8.1.x). Is there an easy way to bring up an 8.0.x server > long enough to dump the data? Do a source 8.0 installation, and start pg_ctl with /var/lib/pgsql/data. Dump your data, and then stop existing postmaster, and go on with the upgrade. Regards, -- The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc. 1.503.667.4564 PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support Managed Services, Shared and Dedicated Hosting Co-Authors: PL/php, plPerlNG - http://www.commandprompt.com/