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Subject: Re: Upgrading 6 versions between 2 systems
To: Rich Shepard <rshepard@appl-ecosys.com>, pgsql-general@postgresql.org
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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
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