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2 | 2 | Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL |
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4 | | - Last updated:Thu Oct 2 14:08:20 EDT 1997 |
5 | | - Version: 6.2 |
| 4 | + Last updated:Wed Oct15 23:16:48 EDT 1997 |
| 5 | + Version: 6.2.1 |
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7 | 7 | Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (maillist@candle.pha.pa.us) |
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242 | 242 | 1.6) Latest release of PostgreSQL |
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244 | | - The latest release of PostgreSQL is version 6.2, which was released |
245 | | - on October2, 1997. For information about what is new in 6.2, see our |
246 | | - TODO list on our WWW page. |
| 244 | + The latest release of PostgreSQL is version 6.2.1, which was released |
| 245 | + on October17th, 1997. For information about what is new in 6.2.1, see |
| 246 | +ourTODO list on our WWW page. |
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248 | 248 | 1.7) Is there a commercial version of PostgreSQL? |
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280 | 280 | PostgreSQL v1.09 is compatible with databases created with v1.01. |
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282 | | - Upgrading to 6.1requires a dump and restore from previous releases. |
| 282 | + Upgrading to 6.2.1 from pre-6.2requires a dump and restore. |
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284 | | - Upgrading from 6.1 to 6.1.1 requires running configure, compile of the |
285 | | - new release, recompile of all your custom applications to use the new |
286 | | - libpq, and then an install while the postmaster is temporarily |
287 | | - stopped. |
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289 | | - Upgrading to 6.2 requires a dump and restore from previous releases. |
| 284 | + Upgrading to 6.2.1 from 6.2 does not require a dump, but see the |
| 285 | + appropriate /migration file in the distribution. |
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291 | 287 | Those ugrading from versions earlier than 1.09 must upgrade to 1.09 |
292 | 288 | first without a dump/reload, then dump the data from 1.09, and then |
293 | | - load it into 6.2. |
| 289 | + load it into 6.2.1. |
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295 | 291 | 1.11) Are there ODBC drivers for PostgreSQL? |
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645 | 641 | could select the same new id. This statement should be performed |
646 | 642 | within a transaction. |
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648 | | - Yet another way is to use general trigger function autoinc() |
649 | | -fromcontrib/spi/autoinc.c |
| 644 | + Yet another way is to use general trigger function autoinc() from |
| 645 | + contrib/spi/autoinc.c. |
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651 | 647 | 3.16) What are the pg_psort.XXX files in my database directory? |
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