Re: PG_DUMP not working

On Sep 25, 10:32 am, scott.marl...@gmail.com ("Scott Marlowe") wrote:
> On 9/18/07, Dan99 <power...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hi,
>
> > I found out this morning that I cannot get pg_dump to work at all on
> > my database.  It refuses to create a dump and instead just freezes.
> > When using the verbose option (-v) i get the following output and then
> > it stops (it at one point ran for days on end before i even noticed)
>
> > pg_dump: saving encoding
> > pg_dump: saving database definition
> > pg_dump: reading schemas
> > pg_dump: reading user-defined types
> > pg_dump: reading user-defined functions
> > pg_dump: reading user-defined aggregate functions
> > pg_dump: reading user-defined operators
> > pg_dump: reading user-defined operator classes
> > pg_dump: reading user-defined tables
>
> > I think this problem is somehow related to a VIEW problem that I
> > have.  I created a VIEW of semi-large tables, which did not come back
> > with any errors.  However, when I go to view it, it never finishes
> > loading.  Also, I cannot drop this view as this as well never
> > finishes.
>
> > PGSQL version: 7.4.2
>
> Two things.
>
> What's in the postgresql logs (if you're not logging pgsql output,
> then turn it on and watch it while you're running pg_dump.
>
> Update your pgsql.  7.4.2 is old in two ways.  the 7.4 branch is
> pretty old.  plan an upgrade as soon as you can get this backup to
> work.  Secondly, pg 7.4 is up to a number near 20 now, i.e. 7.4.18.
> There are over two years of bug fixes you're missing, and one of them
> could well be the solution to your problem.
>
> Upgrading from 7.4 to 8.2 requires a dump and reload, but 7.4.2 to
> 7.4.18 is just an rpm -Uvh or apt-get update away
>
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I currently am running apache + pgsql 7.4.2 + php 4.2.  Do you think I
would have any troubles when upgrading to pgsql 8.2 ~ ie. existing php
queries not working?