Re: Restore from 7.3 to 7.2 - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Emmanuel Charpentier
Subject Re: Restore from 7.3 to 7.2
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In response to Restore from 7.3 to 7.2  ([email protected])
Responses Re: Restore from 7.3 to 7.2
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[email protected] wrote:
> I have a 7.3 postgres database that I need to create a backup from, and
> restore onto a 7.2 database. Is this possible and if so where can I find
> references on doing so?

I stumbled on this one recently. The only way I found was to do a *text*
dump (pg_dump -F p) and edit the dump : you have to delete all references
to schemas and all references to column names in the "copy" commands
restoring data.

Not a pretty sight ... :-((.

Hope this helps,

                        Emmanuel Charpentier



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