Hi Steve, pg_dump --version returned 7.4.8 pg_dumpall --version returned 7.4.8 psql *version returned 7.4.8 which pg_dump returned /usr/bin/pg_dump which pg_dumpall returned /usr/bin/pg_dump which psql returned /usr/bin/psql To find the file I used from the root find . -name pg_dump I have never installed any other version than 8.1.3. Brian >>> Steve Crawford <scrawford@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 3/23/2006 11:29 AM >>> Brian Kitzberger wrote: > Hi Tom, > > I decided to test your theory that I had an old version of Postgres on > my system when I installed version 8.1.3. By the way, the Linux install > we a fresh one to start with. So this morning I first did a search on > my system for all pg_dump files, and wrote the locations down. I them > removed the entire file structure of postgresql-8.1.3 from my system. I > then did a system search for pg_dump again to confirm that all files by > the name of pg_dump were removed, which they were. I then re-installed > PostgreSQL version 8.1.3. After completing, I did a system search for > the pg_dump again and found them in the locations I expected. I them > recreated my database and tested the pg_dump. I got the same error. > Version mismatch with the same version numbers as before. I think that > an old version of pg_dump is bundled up with the install of version > 8.1.3. How can I get the correct version of pg_dump? Or any of the > other files that are not the correct version? What is the result of the following: pg_dump --version pg_dumpall --version psql --version which pg_dump which pg_dumpall which psql What method did you use to search for files? Cheers, Steve ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq