[postgis-users] Upgrade Procedure .9->1

[David Bitner]

Thanks strk,

Looks good to me.  I think this should help a lot.  

David


On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 09:39:48 +0100, strk at refractions.net
<strk at refractions.net> wrote:
> David, I've modified the README.postgis file to show step-by-step
> use of postgis_restore.pl-based upgrades.
> 
> An Upgrade section is also present in the PostGIS manual.
> I'd like to get some feedback before doing the same there.
> Please let me know.
> 
> --strk;
> 
> 
> On Thu, Mar 03, 2005 at 01:40:34PM -0600, David Bitner wrote:
> > There have been a number of sporadic posts about the correct upgrade
> > procedures between .9 and earlier versions of PostGIS to version 1.
> > Before the final release, could someone write a detailed how-to for
> > upgrading an existing .9 (or earlier) PostGIS database.  Write now
> > there is a section in README.postgis that has instructions that would
> > leave many old functions followed by a reference to
> > postgis_restore.pl.
> >
> > I would suggest either updating the section in README.postgis or
> > perhaps adding a README.upgrade.  This how-to should show a step by
> > step from the pg_dump to fully restoring the spatial tables with the
> > old geometries being updated to lwgeoms.
> >
> > I realize that there are multiple ways to go about this -- many of
> > which have been discussed on the lists -- but, it would be very useful
> > to have one method that should work for most documented in a central
> > place.
> >
> > If something like this exists and I am missing it, I appologize.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > David
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