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Date:      Thu, 23 Sep 2004 11:48:15 +0200
From:      Norman Uittenbogaart <norman@webminded.nl>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Postgres downgrade
Message-ID:  <41529BDF.6030003@webminded.nl>
In-Reply-To: <00ac01c4a14f$20c869b0$2508473e@sad.syncrontech.com>
References:  <20040909120120.30C1016A4D0@hub.freebsd.org> <4152913A.5080408@webminded.nl> <00ac01c4a14f$20c869b0$2508473e@sad.syncrontech.com>

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Would I not lose all my settings / users when deinstalling ?

Norman Uittenbogaart



Ari Suutari wrote, On 23-9-2004 11:24:
> Hi,
> 
>>> DETAIL: The data directory was initialized by PostgreSQL version 7.3, 
>>> which is not compatible with this version 7.4.2.
>>
>>
>> Now how can I downgrade from Postgres 7.4.2 back to Postgres 7.3 
>> without loosing my data ?
>> Would a make install in /usr/ports/databases/postgresql73 be sufficient ?
> 
> 
>    I would try that (after deinstalling 7.4 first). Maybe it would be a 
> good idea
>    to copy the contents of /usr/local/pgsql/data directory to someplace 
> safe, just
>    in case something goes wrong.
> 
>        Ari S.
> 
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