Alan Hodgson wrote:
On Friday 18 April 2008, Chris Browne <cbbrowne@xxxxxxx> wrote:
I note in the blog that the "in place upgrade" issue came up.
(Interesting to observe that it *also* came up pretty prominently in
the intro session at PG East... This is obviously a matter of Not
Inconsiderable Interest...)
Upgrades are certainly the biggest PostgreSQL operational issue for me.
Uhh, boss, I need to bring the database down for 3 days to do an upgrade.
Yes, that means clients can't do anything during that time. Boss - !!@#@#$#
Hence why I'm still running 8.1 ....
What about the:
8.1 -> slony -> 8.3
switch users to 8.3 databases
solution.
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Until later, Geoffrey
Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little
temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
- Benjamin Franklin
