Re: [ADMIN] Upgrading from 7.2.1 to 8.x

2007-11-01 Thread Steve Crawford
>> I have been pushing for 3 years to upgrade this database, and with some >> upcoming projects, I am going to do another push with management to upgrade >> this database. > > Push hard. They'll thank you later. No they won't. They have been running this way fine for years - if they haven't cras

Re: [ADMIN] Upgrading from 7.2.1 to 8.x

2007-10-31 Thread Phillip Smith
admin@postgresql.org Admin Subject: [ADMIN] Upgrading from 7.2.1 to 8.x Question, I have an ancient database that is running Postgresql 7.2.1 on AIX. Is it safe to directly upgrade the database to 8.1? If not, what steps do I need to take? I have been pushing for 3 years to upgrade this database

Re: [ADMIN] Upgrading from 7.2.1 to 8.x

2007-10-31 Thread Tom Lane
"Chris Hoover" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have an ancient database that is running Postgresql 7.2.1 on AIX. Is it > safe to directly upgrade the database to 8.1? If not, what steps do I need > to take? That's a big jump. You'll want to set up a test installation and do some compatibility t

Re: [ADMIN] Upgrading from 7.2.1 to 8.x

2007-10-31 Thread Scott Marlowe
On 10/31/07, Chris Hoover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Question, > > I have an ancient database that is running Postgresql 7.2.1 on AIX. Is it > safe to directly upgrade the database to 8.1? If not, what steps do I need > to take? It might be better to upgrade to 7.2.xx where xx is the latest ve

[ADMIN] Upgrading from 7.2.1 to 8.x

2007-10-31 Thread Chris Hoover
Question, I have an ancient database that is running Postgresql 7.2.1 on AIX. Is it safe to directly upgrade the database to 8.1? If not, what steps do I need to take? I have been pushing for 3 years to upgrade this database, and with some upcoming projects, I am going to do another push with m