Ed L. wrote: > On Tuesday 21 August 2007 1:45 pm, Scott Marlowe wrote: >> If you have a large db in 7.4.6, you should do two things. >> >> 1: Update to 7.4.19 or whatever the latest flavor of 7.4 is, >> right now. There are a few known data eating bugs in 7.4.6. > > Sounds like good advice from a strictly technical viewpoint. > Unfortunately, in our particular real world, there are also > political, financial, and resource constraints and impacts from > downtime that at times outweigh the technical merits of > upgrading 'right now'. Since you're setting up replication to another database, you might as well try replicating to a newer release and swap them around once it's done. I've seen that method of upgrading mentioned on this list a few times. -- Alban Hertroys alban@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx magproductions b.v. T: ++31(0)534346874 F: ++31(0)534346876 M: I: www.magproductions.nl A: Postbus 416 7500 AK Enschede // Integrate Your World // ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq