When doing a PostgreSQL database server upgrade, you first need to backup all of the databases because the format changes from version to version.
Postgresql documentation states you need to run the command:
pg_dumpall > outputfile
I ran this, and received the error message:
pg_dumpall: could not connect to database "template1": FATAL: role "root" does not exist
So after some head scratching and googling without any results; I noticed that I had created a user for postgres; namely ‘postgres’. I sued to that user and ran the command – what do you know – it works fine! I’m glad that error message was so clear.
So, the thing that the documentation does not state – make sure you are running under the Postgresql user before running the backup command.
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Don’t ya just love crappy error messages?
Thx!
You and Google just saved me a lot of time
HI,
I’m using Centos 5.1x86_64bit and running mysql64bit also. I have activated the log-bin=mysql-bin on my.cnf but no logs are being generated as I need it for replication. Please help me out.
thx a lot
Atish