Re: PostgreSQL Downgrades

On 04/08/2013 06:41 AM, Pete Wall wrote:
> It was the data changes I was concerned about: Any
> additions/deletions/modifications done on the database while it's using
> the 9.x binaries that should be brought back if we downgrade to the 8.x
> version.
>
> I think the only way would be to "manually" dump the data using custom
> psql commands instead of using pg_dump/pg_dumpall.

You could use the -a (data only) switch to pg_dump:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/interactive/app-pgdump.html

This assumes the table layout is the same in your 9.x and 8.x databases,
also that you have not used any new data types i.e JSON.

>
> Thanks, Adrian.
>



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