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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Dear listers,</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I am planning to upgrade from pg8.0.3 and postgis 1.0.4 to
pg 8.2 and postgis 1.2.1 using the technology preview posted in the postgis webpage
but before doing it I want some expert opinion. Note that I intent to upgrade
both pg and postgis so it might be more difficult than what it is described at
the postgis manual. By the way, I read the postgis manual and I think the hard
upgrade is not difficult but still have some questions.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I work in the localhost and I don’t need the pg server
on-line all the time so I think the easiest way to upgrade is to dump the
database, uninstall postgis and pg, install pg 8.2 and the technology preview
of postgis 1.2.1 and then run the postgis_restore.pl. Am I right with my
approach?</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Now, this bring my other question: can I run the postgis_restore.pl
script in windows? It seems like it is a LINUX script (sh) so I don’t
know. If not, what should I do?</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thanks in advance for the help.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Jonathan Aguero Valverde</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Research Assistant and Ph.D. Candidate</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Pennsylvania</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>State</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The Pennsylvania Transportation Institute</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>201 Transportation Research Building</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>University Park</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, </span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>PA</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>16802</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a href="www.personal.psu.edu/jua130">www.personal.psu.edu/jua130</a></span></font></p>
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