Chuck Amadi написа: > I have been given a task to try a proof of concept of migrating are > active databases from PostgreSQL 8.0.1 to 8.2.3 > > I will install and configPostgreSQL on my local w/s and replicate the > database users etc etc. > > I have had a look inside /var/lib/pgsql/data/base and there are > numerous files (db's) which I believe is where I can check data base size. > > 1 108012 114465 122407 1261267 1261963 17229 17233 17234 17235 > 174066 19247 205009 21272 2793694 2794334 333245 333375 > > I am aware that Postgresql creates directories to keep each database in. > These directories aren't names,they are kept as the *'OID's *of each > database (oid's are*"object identifiers"*). > > Previously I just run pg_dump and thus run ls -lh on the db dump. Anyway > of checking a size of a given database I have tried > the sql using select pg_database_size ('dbaname'); but no joy. What does it mean "but no joy"? What was the error message? -- Milen A. Radev