From: Mark Corner <mcorner@gmail.com>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Using pg_migrator to upgrade 8.3->8.4
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 11:24:43 -0500
Message-ID: <E2FA0475-78D3-4C5E-88F3-6E3DAB8B0A42@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201002011612.o11GCxW18335@momjian.us>
References: <201002011612.o11GCxW18335@momjian.us>
All good info...
With respect to RPMs, I was actually referring to postgres84 rpms with non-integer datetime prebuilt.
On Feb 1, 2010, at 11:12 AM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Mark Corner wrote:
>> We are looking to upgrade out 8.3 db to 8.4. The full dump and
>> restore is not very attractive due to the downtime involved.
>>
>> pg_migrator is an attractive option, but we have butted up again the
>> integer datetime timestamp problem:
>>
>> "Old and new pg_controldata date/time storage types do not match.
>>
>> You will need to rebuild the new server with configure
>> --disable-integer-datetimes or get server binaries built
>> with those options."
>
> Yep, that is necessary.
>
>> We also noticed that the are non id rpms available for 8.3, but we
>> couldn't find any for 8.4 here:
>> https://projects.commandprompt.com/public/pgcore
>
>
> No idea if anyone is building RPMs for it. The source and Win32
> binaries are here:
>
> http://pgfoundry.org/frs/?group_id=1000235
>
>> So, is the best option to compile postgres from source? Is there
>> anyway to change the storage of timestamps in our 8.3 db online (I am
>> guessing no...)?
>
> Nope.
>
> --
> Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> http://momjian.us
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>
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