If i reinitialize the database cluster, won't i have to pg_dump restore my data? In this case the downtime would be to big. Therefore I'm searching for a faster way. utf8 and UTF-8, should be the same in my opinion, so i think there must be a way to just change this value, so that pg_upgrade can do his work, or is this impossible? regards Am Mittwoch, den 16.02.2011, 13:54 +0200 schrieb Peter Eisentraut: > On mÃn, 2011-02-14 at 14:18 +0100, Bernhard Schrader wrote: > > As far as I read right now, LC_COLLATE is a read_only variable which > > is used while initdb. But why does the pg_upgrade script doesn't see > > that utf8 and UTF-8 are the same? Is it just a string compare? > > Why don't you just reinitialize your new database cluster with the same > locale spelling as the old one? > > Your points are valid, but unfortunately difficult to handle in the > general case. > > > -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin