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2 | | -$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml,v 2.47 2004/08/29 21:08:47 tgl Exp $ |
| 2 | +$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml,v 2.48 2004/09/30 10:30:10 neilc Exp $ |
3 | 3 | --> |
4 | 4 | <chapter id="backup"> |
5 | 5 | <title>Backup and Restore</title> |
@@ -950,13 +950,17 @@ restore_command = 'cp /mnt/server/archivedir/%f %p' |
950 | 950 | storage formats. For example, releases 7.0.1, 7.1.2, and 7.2 are |
951 | 951 | not compatible, whereas 7.1.1 and 7.1.2 are. When you update |
952 | 952 | between compatible versions, you can simply replace the executables |
953 | | - and reuse the data area on disk. Otherwise you need to |
954 | | - <quote>back up</> your data and <quote>restore</> it on the new |
955 | | - server, using <application>pg_dump</>. (There are checks in place |
956 | | - that prevent you from doing the wrong thing, so no harm can be done |
957 | | - by confusing these things.) The precise installation procedure is |
958 | | - not the subject of this section; those details are in <xref |
959 | | - linkend="installation">. |
| 953 | + and reuse the data area on disk. Otherwise you need to <quote>back |
| 954 | + up</> your data and <quote>restore</> it on the new server, using |
| 955 | + <application>pg_dump</>. There are checks in place that prevent you |
| 956 | + from using a data area with an incompatible version of |
| 957 | + <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>, so no harm can be done by |
| 958 | + confusing these things. It is recommended that you use the |
| 959 | + <application>pg_dump</> program from the newer version of |
| 960 | + <productname>PostgreSQL</> to take advantage of any enhancements in |
| 961 | + <application>pg_dump</> that may have been made. The precise |
| 962 | + installation procedure is not the subject of this section; those |
| 963 | + details are in <xref linkend="installation">. |
960 | 964 | </para> |
961 | 965 |
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962 | 966 | <para> |
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