On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 12:51:50PM -0500, Ron wrote:
> On 3/30/21 9:53 AM, Daniel Westermann (DWE) wrote:
> > > On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 04:34:34PM +0200, Guillaume Lelarge wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > > 
> > > > Le mar. 30 mars 2021 à 16:10, Susan Joseph <sandajos...@verizon.net> a 
> > > > écrit :
> > > > 
> > > >       I am currently using PostgreSQL 11.2 and would like to try and 
> > > > upgrade it
> > > >       to the latest version 13.  Can I go straight from 11 to 13 or do 
> > > > I need to
> > > >       upgrade to 12 first and then to 13?
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > You can go straight to 13.
> > > We get this question often.  Why do people feel they need to upgrade to
> > > intermediate releases?  If we knew, maybe we could better clarify this.
> > I believe this is coming from the Oracle world. You can, e.g.not directly 
> > go from 9 to18. There are supported upgrade paths and you need to stick to 
> > those, but they are documented.
> 
> Not even Postgresql allows you to jump from ancient versions to the most
> modern version.  (No competent system makes you upgrade to the very next
> major version...)

Yes, sometimes you need to use an intermediate version, but those cases
are rare.

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