Re: 8.38 -> 8.5?

On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 11:49 AM, Thom Brown <thombrown@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2009/11/17 Richard Broersma <richard.broersma@gmail.com>:
>> On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 5:35 AM, Mike Ellsworth <younicycle@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Would anyone know if 8.38 -> 8.5 is anticipated to be ok - or will it
>>> be recommended to
>>> 8.38 -> 8.41 -> 8.5 (when available).
>>
>> If you dump and reload, I sure 8.3 to 8.5 is 100% safe.  In addition
>> to this, there is a new feature that may be included into 8.5 known as
>> In-Place-Upgrade.  Regarding In-Place-Upgrade, I not sure how safe it
>> will be.

>
> I could be wrong (in fact, it's likely), but isn't the
> in-place-upgrade done by pg_migrator which only migrates between
> neighbouring major versions? (e.g. 8.3 to 8.4, 8.4 to 8.5)
>
> Thom
>

Compared to me, both of you guys are in-the-clouds experts, so I am
glad I asked. :-)


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Mike Ellsworth