May 2018
Intermediate to advanced
576 pages
30h 25m
English
The pg_upgrade utility works by creating a new set of database catalog tables, and then creating the old objects again in the new tables using the same identifiers as before.
The pg_upgrade utility works easily because the data block format hasn't changed between some releases. Since we can't (always) see the future, make sure you read the release notes.
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