You might get better results using 7.4's pg_dump against the 7.2 database... worth a try anyway.
Robert Treat On Monday 16 February 2004 07:59, Jarmo Järvenpää wrote: > Dear all, > > I've got an old 7.2.4 DB which I hoped to upgrade to 7.4.1. > The old syntax used for creating tables had lines like > .. > id integer DEFAULT '', > > which translates to this error: > > pg_restore: [archiver (db)] could not execute query: ERROR: invalid > input syntax for integer: "" > > I found out that integer with '' as default is not acceptable after 7.3. > Also, some complaints were given with the data, particulary numerous > "\N" lines when restoring (this can be worked out by using -d switch > when dumping). > > Also, schemas are not going to be created (some 7.3 documents gave this > up). > > Thus, must I update every DB creation script by hand and try to restore > only the data? > > > Regards, > Jarmo > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend -- Build A Brighter Lamp :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend