Changes between Version 21 and Version 22 of UsersWikiWinUpgrade


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Timestamp:
May 26, 2012, 7:40:28 PM (12 years ago)
Author:
arencambre
Comment:

Simplify reasons for why you'd need to do this.

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  • UsersWikiWinUpgrade

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    22General Hard upgrade instructions are documented in [http://www.postgis.org/documentation/manual-svn/postgis_installation.html#hard_upgrade PostGIS Hard Upgrade]
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    4 You need to do a hard upgrade if you are using a pre-alpha release of a major release such as the case with PostGIS 2.0
    5 or you are upgrading from one major version to another e.g 0.*, 1.* --> 2.*
     4You need to do a hard upgrade if either:
     5 * You are using a pre-alpha release of a major release, like pre-release PostGIS 2.0.
     6 * You are upgrading from one major version to another, such as 0.* or 1.* to 2.*.
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    781. Create a backup of your postgis database as usual.  You can do this with pg_dump as the instructions describe or !PgAdmin III by right-clicking on the database -> Backup.  Make sure to use "Custom" backup for format if you are using !PgAdmin III.