Many thanks, Peter and Bricklen. That worked well. --- Husam Tomeh
-----Original Message----- From: Peter Eisentraut [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 6:46 AM To: Tomeh, Husam Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ADMIN] upgrade database to 8.1 - 2GB file limit (pg_dump) Am Mittwoch, 30. November 2005 15:17 schrieb Tomeh, Husam: > I'm upgrading from 8.0 to 8.1 on RedHat 2.6 kernel. I'm hitting the file > max limit of 2 GB file when I pg_dump my database (even if I compress > the dump file as it gets generated using a pipe). pg_dump is the > recommendation stated in the INSTALL doc to upgrade; what would be the > next recommendation to upgrade the database? Even though the 2 GB file size limit should be a thing of the past on modern Linux systems, if you can't figure it out, there are some tricks to reduce the file size listed here: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/static/backup.html#BACKUP-DUMP-LARGE -- Peter Eisentraut http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/ ********************************************************************** This message contains confidential information intended only for the use of the addressee(s) named above and may contain information that is legally privileged. If you are not the addressee, or the person responsible for delivering it to the addressee, you are hereby notified that reading, disseminating, distributing or copying this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message by mistake, please immediately notify us by replying to the message and delete the original message immediately thereafter. Thank you. FADLD Tag ********************************************************************** ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq
