Re: Upgrading 6.5.1

Jean-Christian Imbeault wrote:
> 6.5.1 is *really* old. Are there any docs still left lying around on
> things I should watch out for (data types that are no longer supported
> for example) when moving the data? Or is it as simple as doing a pg_dump
> of the old DB and loading it into the new one; I'm assuming there *is* a
> pg_dump in 6.5.1?
>
> Also, assuming we run the new version on the same hardware what kind of
> a performance increase should I expect to see. Maybe about 20x faster?

Let's see --- how fast does dust move --- that would be your 6.5.1
server.  :-)

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