[postgis-users] PostGIS 2.0.0beta3

[Sandro Santilli]

On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 03:52:07PM -0500, Andy Colson wrote:
> On 3/14/2012 3:46 PM, Sandro Santilli wrote:
> >On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 03:41:52PM -0500, Andy Colson wrote:
> >
> >
> >>I'm now attempting backup pg 9.0 postgis 1.5, and restore it to my
> >>new pg 9.1 postgis 2.0.
> >
> >Make sure you follow the "Hard upgrade" procedure described
> >on the PostGIS manual.
> >Should happily bring you from 9.0/1.5 to 9.1/2.0.
> >And we're all very interested in any problem with that.
> >
> 
> I'm looking at:
> 
> http://postgis.refractions.net/documentation/manual-svn/postgis_installation.html#hard_upgrade
> 
> and it says:
> 
> 2. Do a fresh install of PostGIS in a new database ... Please refer
> to Section 2.5, “Create a spatially-enabled database on PostgreSQL
> lower than 9.1” for instructions on how to do this
> 
> I assume in my new PG 9.1 db I can just use create extension, right?

I think so.

> Maybe the docs could say, (for < 9.1 go to this link, for >= 9.1 use
> create extension).

I guess the problem is that we don't have a "Spatially-enable database"
chapter to link to (with < 9.1 and >= 9.1 childs).
Feel like filing a ticket for that ?

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