Re: RES: Switch PG Versions

2021-03-04 Thread Jack Royal-Gordon
Thanks for the warning, Edson. I wasn’t planning on sharing data folders (I just assumed that wouldn’t work), but nevertheless it’s good to know. > On Mar 4, 2021, at 4:38 PM, Edson Richter wrote: > > Exactly what I said: I was just being enfatic about the risk. > From OP, I felt he wants to

RES: Switch PG Versions

2021-03-04 Thread Edson Richter
Exactly what I said: I was just being enfatic about the risk. >From OP, I felt he wants to interchange installs (in my mind, by using same >data directory). It’s ok to do that, being careful of not sharing data files. But your explanation made all clear. Regards, Edson Enviado do

RES: Switch PG Versions

2021-03-04 Thread Edson Richter
Yes it’s possible to do as Richard noticed. But you cannot share at any chance the data folder! This will corrupt your data making irrecoverable. Even not having two versions online, you cannot shutdown version 10 and startup version 12 (or any combination of major versions) on same data folder