From: Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@aklaver.com>
To: Rich Shepard <rshepard@appl-ecosys.com>
To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Upgrading 6 versions between 2 systems
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2026 15:23:07 -0700
Message-ID: <45ef2a8b-7a33-4274-9d88-a4abbbaf60cb@aklaver.com> (raw)
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On 9/14/26 2:58 PM, Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Mon, 14 Sep 2026, Adrian Klaver wrote:
>
>> Since you are transferring the data as text that should not be a problem.
>> Just point the newer version of pg_dumpall, I assume the one on the
>> Slackware 15 host, at the older version Postgres server.
>
> Adrian,
>
> Hadn't thought I could do that. But, why not if I use the
> servername:/directory?
Not sure what servername:/directory means?
As example, assuming Postgres 12.7 is running on machine at address
192.168.0.1.
pg_dumpall -h 192.168.0.1 -U some_user -f db_cluster.sql
This would be run from the second machine that has Postgres 18.6.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rich
>
>
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Adrian Klaver
adrian.klaver@aklaver.com
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