[postgis-users] Moving PostGIS tables between different PGSQL+PostGIS versions

[Kevin Neufeld]

You don't need to dump the entire database, you can use pg_dump to dump 
one table:

pg_dump -t my_table my_old_db | psql my_new_db

This may fail if foreign keys are referencing non-existent tables in the 
new database, but for the most part, it's tried and true.

Don't forget to update the geometry_columns table in your new db.

Cheers,
Kevin.

Jose Gomez-Dans wrote:
> Hi,
> I have a number of tables in PostGIS (1.1.6, PGSQL 8.1). I want to
> move them to another server (which is running PostGIS 1.3.1 and 8.2).
> Apart from dumping the databases (pg_dump), do I need to take other
> things into account? The tables are fairly simple, and at most have
> PostGIS extensions or are plain tables.
>
> Is there an idiot's proof guide somewhere?
>
> Thanks!
> José
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