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@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL - Last updated: Thu Oct 2 14:08:20 EDT 1997 - Version: 6.2 + Last updated: Wed Oct 15 23:16:48 EDT 1997 + Version: 6.2.1 Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (maillist@candle.pha.pa.us) @@ -241,9 +241,9 @@ Section 1: General Questions 1.6) Latest release of PostgreSQL - The latest release of PostgreSQL is version 6.2, which was released - on October 2, 1997. For information about what is new in 6.2, see our - TODO list on our WWW page. + The latest release of PostgreSQL is version 6.2.1, which was released + on October 17th, 1997. For information about what is new in 6.2.1, see + our TODO list on our WWW page. 1.7) Is there a commercial version of PostgreSQL? @@ -279,18 +279,14 @@ Section 1: General Questions PostgreSQL v1.09 is compatible with databases created with v1.01. - Upgrading to 6.1 requires a dump and restore from previous releases. + Upgrading to 6.2.1 from pre-6.2 requires a dump and restore. - Upgrading from 6.1 to 6.1.1 requires running configure, compile of the - new release, recompile of all your custom applications to use the new - libpq, and then an install while the postmaster is temporarily - stopped. - - Upgrading to 6.2 requires a dump and restore from previous releases. + Upgrading to 6.2.1 from 6.2 does not require a dump, but see the + appropriate /migration file in the distribution. Those ugrading from versions earlier than 1.09 must upgrade to 1.09 first without a dump/reload, then dump the data from 1.09, and then - load it into 6.2. + load it into 6.2.1. 1.11) Are there ODBC drivers for PostgreSQL? @@ -645,8 +641,8 @@ BYTEA bytea variable-length array of bytes could select the same new id. This statement should be performed within a transaction. - Yet another way is to use general trigger function autoinc() - from contrib/spi/autoinc.c + Yet another way is to use general trigger function autoinc() from + contrib/spi/autoinc.c. 3.16) What are the pg_psort.XXX files in my database directory? |