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Re: Upgrading Database: need to dump and restore?

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For large databases or tables, this will take a long time to do.  Are there 
any alternatives to benefit from the improved versions of PostgreSQL without 
having to dump some large tables that never change?
"Bill Moran" <wmoran@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
news:20090603114544.434edcce.wmoran@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> In response to "Carlos Oliva" <carlos@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
>> If I were to upgrade the database version, would I need to dump and 
>> restore
>> all the data?
>
> If you upgrade patch releases (i.e. from 8.3.4 -> 8.3.5) then usually no,
> but see the release notes for the versions you're upgrading, because there
> are occasionally exceptions.
>
> If you're updating to a major release (8.2.x -> 8.3.x), then yes.
>
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