On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 10:07 AM, Willy-Bas Loos <willy...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 3:55 PM, Melvin Davidson <melvin6...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> >> Why can't he just do a >> pg_dump -F p his_dbname > his_dbname.sql >> Then copy dbname.sql to a jump/thumb drive on the old laptop >> copy the data from the jump/thumb drive to the new laptop >> create the new db in 9.5 >> and use pg_restore to load the his_dbname.sql ? >> > > Because it's not the same version, so that will cause some errors. > But i guess we should be able to live with that. > Thanks, i guess i was thinking a bit too rigid. > > Cheers, > -- > Willy-Bas Loos > If you dump with -F p (plain is default) then the version does not matter. That is the recommended method for upgrading from older versions. https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/upgrading.html -- *Melvin Davidson* I reserve the right to fantasize. Whether or not you wish to share my fantasy is entirely up to you.
