In response to Thomas Kellerer : > Marc Lustig, 08.02.2010 11:36: > >Hi, can we safely put the data from /var/lib/postgresql/8.4/main/ of > >server x to /var/lib/postgresql/8.3/main/ of server y, considering > >that the new target machine is running 8.3 whereas the old one ran > >8.4 ? > > No, a dump & restore is required (as stated in the release notes) > > You can also try pg_migrator. It was introduced with 8.4 and will upgrade > the data "in-place" (i.e. without a dump and restore) I don't believe that pg_migrator can do a downgrade ... Regards, Andreas -- Andreas Kretschmer Kontakt: Heynitz: 035242/47150, D1: 0160/7141639 (mehr: -> Header) GnuPG: 0x31720C99, 1006 CCB4 A326 1D42 6431 2EB0 389D 1DC2 3172 0C99 -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
