""Grzegorz Jaskiewicz"" <gryzman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:2f4958ff0906031214k3dfaa4b2mae5733d7345f7aab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 8:03 PM, Carlos Oliva <carlos@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Woudl it be possible to keep the current postgresql version running in a > different port, install a new version of postgresql, and copy the data > from > one version to the other while both versions are running? This might give > us time to copy the tables and databases one at a time and reconfigure the > database access for parts of the application until we complete the > migration > to the new version. Yes it is possible. You can setup new version of postgresql with new data directory, in different location (say /var/pg_new/data), run it on different port, and have multiple postgresql installations running side by side. What OS do you run, and where do you get postgresql binaries from. _Please stop replying on top_. Top posting is a baad thing on mailing lists. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general Probably this will work for us. We are using RedHat and I think that we may be getting binaries from a couple of sources. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
