sarlav kumar wrote, On 2004-12-20 15:40: > I would like to do a pg_dump on the test database, and restore it in > the new database on Postgres 7.4.6. I would like to know if there > would be any problem due to the postgres version/OS change. If so, > could someone tell me what precautions I can take to avoid any > problems?
Apart from using the pg_dump from 7.4.6 (see Bruno's answer), you should take care to use the same locale in the new database cluster. I have had problems in the past with unique constraints that could not be restored due to different locale settings. See here: http://www.spinics.net/lists/pgsql/msg05363.html In my case it was not enough to create the database with a different encoding, I had to re-initdb the whole cluster :-/ cheers, stefan ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend
