[postgis-users] postgres and postgis upgrade

Racine, Sylvain syracine at sympatico.ca
Mon Jul 8 08:12:29 PDT 2013


Sorry for the delay. It was the week end. So I closed the computer. To 
disable psql command for 8.3.2 version, you have to remove the whole 
path of your old PostgreSQL installation from you PATH variable and 
replace it by the new one. Depending of the type of OS you use, ex. on 
Linux, type "echo PATH" to see the paths associated to your system or on 
Windows, type just "PATH" to see the paths.

If you need any help to remove the PostgreSQL 8.3.2 version from PATH 
variable, please indicate the type of OS you use.

Regard

Sylvain Racine

Le 2013-07-05 11:41, Marcos Cano a écrit :
> so when running my script everything went well except that when i run  
> "psql --version" it still runs the 8.3.2 version... so to do psql 
> (9.2.4) i have to indicate the full path to pgsql9.2.4/bin/psql ..
> any idea on how to fix this?
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 4:07 PM, Racine, Sylvain <syracine at sympatico.ca 
> <mailto:syracine at sympatico.ca>> wrote:
>
>     The postgis.sql is a part of the restore process. Because you'll
>     make hard upgrade of PostGIS, you have to use Perl script
>     postgis_restore.pl <http://postgis_restore.pl>. This script
>     removes old PostGIS functions from your backup and installs the
>     new ones in the new database. Then, you have to give the path of
>     postgis.sql (or lwpostgis.sql) when you call postgis_restore.pl
>     <http://postgis_restore.pl> on command line.
>
>     I'm not really fan of the new procedure using "CREATE EXTENSION
>     postgis". It's an automatic process enabled in PostgreSQL 9.1 and
>     more. With this procedure, you have to use PostGIS who is embedded
>     with PostgreSQL package. I encountered earlier some errors when I
>     tried to install PostGIS using this procedure on a Windows box.
>     But, using the old procedure I described above, I had the complete
>     control of the installation and I always got a functionnal
>     database, even with PostgreSQL 9.2.
>
>     Regard
>
>     Sylvain Racine
>
>
>     Le 2013-07-04 13:06, Marcos Cano a écrit :
>>     well i guess while installing and making the postgis i installed
>>     it against the 9.2.4  (with this : "./configure
>>     --with-pgconfig=/usr/local/pgsql9.2.4/bin/pg_config" )
>>
>>     the postgis.sql you mention is to create a spatially enabled
>>     database? or is it part of the restore process?
>>
>>     and yes im using the full path to the command to do everything.
>>
>>     thank you very much i really appreciate it
>>
>>
>>     On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 9:51 AM, Racine, Sylvain
>>     <syracine at sympatico.ca <mailto:syracine at sympatico.ca>> wrote:
>>
>>         You have to use pg_dump version 8.3.2 to backup your
>>         database,e.g. the same version of your source database. To
>>         restore, use the Perl script and postgis.sql given with 
>>         Postgis 2.0.4. This script calls pg_dump command. It must be
>>         pg_dump version 9.2.4, e.g. your destination database
>>         version. Use "pg_dump --version" to know the version of your
>>         command.
>>
>>         You seem use 2 differents versions of PostgreSQL and PostGIS
>>         on the same computer. To get a particular version of a
>>         command, type the whole path of the command.
>>
>>         Regard
>>
>>         Sylvain Racine
>>
>>         Le 2013-07-04 10:07, Marcos Cano a écrit :
>>>         what version of pg_dump should i use?... i tried the 8..3.2
>>>         and i think it works, but trying the suggested one, wich is
>>>         the latest (9.2.4) seems just to not work properly because
>>>         it does not dump my entire database (i assume is because of
>>>         the mismatch of postgis versions)
>>>
>>>
>>>         On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 12:00 PM, Paragon Corporation
>>>         <lr at pcorp.us <mailto:lr at pcorp.us>> wrote:
>>>
>>>             Yes (custom dump of 8.3.2 + pgis, create new postgis
>>>             2.0.4 in 9.2.4 and restore backup) is the recommended
>>>             way.  9.2.4 + 1.5.8 are borderline compatible so I would
>>>             avoid that mix and if your ultimate goal is to go to
>>>             2.0, 1.5.8 requires a hard upgrade anyway so not worth
>>>             the hassle.
>>>
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>>>             *From:* postgis-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
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>>>             [mailto:postgis-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
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>>>             Behalf Of *Marcos Cano
>>>             *Sent:* Wednesday, July 03, 2013 10:43 AM
>>>             *To:* postgis-users at lists.osgeo.org
>>>             <mailto:postgis-users at lists.osgeo.org>
>>>             *Subject:* [postgis-users] postgres and postgis upgrade
>>>
>>>             So I'm trying to upgrade Postgres and postgis.. My
>>>             current versions are 8.3.2 and 1.3 respectively. And
>>>             trying to upgrade to postgis 2.0.4 and Postgres 9.2.4
>>>
>>>             I've been trying a lot of options like:hard upgrade of
>>>             postgis to 1.5.8 in the Postgres 8.3 ( as I'm sure that
>>>             version of postgis is compatible with Postgres 8.3 and
>>>             9.2.4)
>>>             Then installing postgres 9.2.4 + postgis 1.5.8 and do a
>>>             pg_upgrade and finally do a hard upgrade of postgis to
>>>             2.0.4 in the postgres 9.2.4 installation. It  seems to
>>>             work until an error happened during the pg_upgrade
>>>
>>>             Your installation contains the "name" data type in user
>>>             tables.  This data type changed its internal alignment
>>>             between your old and new  clusters so this cluster
>>>             cannot currently be upgraded.  You can remove the
>>>             problem tables and restart the upgrade.
>>>
>>>             So I tried another option but I don't know if this will
>>>             work. Here's my idea:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>             Do a custom dump of the DB in Postgres 8.3.2 + pgis 1.3 .
>>>
>>>             Install 9.2.4 with postgis 2.0.4
>>>             And do a restore with perl script included in the
>>>             postgis binary folder (perl utils/postgis_restore.pl
>>>             <http://postgis_restore.pl>)
>>>
>>>             do you think it will work?
>>>
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