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Date:      Thu, 23 Sep 2004 12:24:29 +0300
From:      "Ari Suutari" <ari@suutari.iki.fi>
To:        "Norman Uittenbogaart|Webminded" <norman@webminded.nl>, <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Postgres downgrade
Message-ID:  <00ac01c4a14f$20c869b0$2508473e@sad.syncrontech.com>
References:  <20040909120120.30C1016A4D0@hub.freebsd.org> <4152913A.5080408@webminded.nl>

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Hi,

>> DETAIL: The data directory was initialized by PostgreSQL version 7.3, 
>> which is not compatible with this version 7.4.2.
>
> Now how can I downgrade from Postgres 7.4.2 back to Postgres 7.3 without 
> loosing my data ?
> Would a make install in /usr/ports/databases/postgresql73 be sufficient ?

    I would try that (after deinstalling 7.4 first). Maybe it would be a 
good idea
    to copy the contents of /usr/local/pgsql/data directory to someplace 
safe, just
    in case something goes wrong.

        Ari S.



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