Can you tell me how to do a pg_dump when the server wont start? It complains about data in an earlier format... Tar up data directory and move it??? Any help is appreciated.. \Bob <div>On 5/25/06, Craig White <<a href="mailto:craigwhite@azapple.com">craigwhite@azapple.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> On Thu, 2006-05-25 at 19:12 -0700, Bob Ambroso wrote: > It is a test server. I normally use MYSQL and it was a test app that > required Postgresql.. It is test data.. Quite alot actually but to > answer your question.. No.. I blindly upgraded (have done so in the > past with MYSQL) and now it is hose and I assume my test dat is as > well... ---- postgresql does not update it's db files. They are most likely not hosed but rather still in earlier format. If you can move them to another computer using the same version of postgresql that you were using, you should be able to then pg_dump all the data and them load it into the newer version. That is the way postgresql has always worked. You should be regularly 'dumping' your data from any sql db as a backup whether it is mysql, postgresql or ??? You should be backing up your data prior to any OS 'upgrade' I did the same thing myself in upgrading Fedora Core 2 to Fedora Core 4 but I did have a pg_dump file that was a few days old. ;-) Craig -- fedora-list mailing list <a href="mailto:fedora-list@redhat.com">fedora-list@redhat.com</a> To unsubscribe: <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list </a> </blockquote></div>