Re: 7.0 RPM?

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: karl@debisschop.net
Cc: "J. Atwood" <jatwood@bwanazulia.com>, pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Date: 2000-05-10T04:31:03Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Karl DeBisschop <kdebisschop@h00a0cc3b7988.ne.mediaone.net> writes:
> If you do use these. plan on upgrading once Lamar releases his final.  But
> you should be able to do that without a dump/restore cycle, which was my
> prime concern.

7.0RC5 is database-compatible with the final, earlier betas are *not*.
You can use pg_upgrade to update from any 6.5-or-later version if you
are feeling adventurous, but I'd definitely suggest making a backup
first in case things go wrong and you have to initdb and restore.

			regards, tom lane