Re: [Gnumed-bugs] [Gnumed-devel] database version requirement switch: 9.1, was: Problem in git bootstrapping v18 to v19 db

[Busser, Jim]

On 2013-07-18, at 12:47 AM, Karsten Hilbert <address@hidden> wrote:

>>> Note that it can often be a good idea to use the *newer*,
>>> improved (9.2) pg_dump to create dumps of an older PG for
>>> import into a newer one.
>> 
>> is it the case that, when one installs the new PG, one can simply then run 
>> the new pg_dump from inside the new
>> 
>>      .../bin/
>> 
>> except … how does it know where to access the (old) PG data?
> 
> You tell it port and host where the old PG server runs.

Ah, so it may be enough to ensure that the old PG remains installed, and that 
it is in fact still running, and that the new PG is either not also running or, 
if it is running, that it is not trying to access the same port and host as the 
old PG

-- Jim