Brian Dimeler <briand@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I'm trying to transition a database from one server to another, the > old one running Postgres 7.4.1 and the new, 8.1.1. When I try to > restore using a pg_dump plaintext sql file from a nightly backup via > the usual > > psql thedb < backup.sql The best way to do this is to run the 8.1.1 pg_dump against the 7.4.1 server. The new pg_dump will know better how to create a backup that 8.1.1 will like. -Doug
