Problem starting postgresql !!

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#1rahul
rd@hclinfinet.net

Hi,

I had postgresql 7.3 rpm installed on redhat 9 platform. i removed it
and downloaded and installed following rpm's from ur ftp site:-

[root@reporter postgresql-7.4]# rpm -qa |grep postgre
postgresql-debuginfo-7.4-0.5PGDG
postgresql-libs-7.4-0.5PGDG
postgresql-contrib-7.4-0.5PGDG
postgresql-devel-7.4-0.5PGDG
postgresql-test-7.4-0.5PGDG
postgresql-7.4-0.5PGDG
postgresql-server-7.4-0.5PGDG

now when i try to start postgresql, i am getting :-

[root@reporter init.d]# ./postgresql start

An old version of the database format was found.\nYou need to upgrade
the data format before using PostgreSQL.\nSee
/usr/share/doc/postgresql-7.4/README.rpm-dist for more information.

could u please let me know, how to get rid of this problem.

Regards
Rahul D.

#2Lamar Owen
lamar.owen@wgcr.org
In reply to: rahul (#1)
Re: Problem starting postgresql !!

On Monday 29 March 2004 02:51 am, rahul wrote:

I had postgresql 7.3 rpm installed on redhat 9 platform. i removed it
and downloaded and installed following rpm's from ur ftp site:-

An old version of the database format was found.\nYou need to upgrade
the data format before using PostgreSQL.\nSee
/usr/share/doc/postgresql-7.4/README.rpm-dist for more information.

could u please let me know, how to get rid of this problem.

If you did not have any data you want to keep, run 'rm
-rf /var/lib/pgsql/data/* ' and execute the initscript again.

If you DO have data you want to keep, you need to reinstall the old version,
dump its data, remove the old/install the new, blow out the directory, start
the new, and restore your data.
--
Lamar Owen
Director of Information Technology
Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute
1 PARI Drive
Rosman, NC 28772
(828)862-5554
www.pari.edu

#3Peter Eisentraut
peter_e@gmx.net
In reply to: rahul (#1)
Re: Problem starting postgresql !!

rahul wrote:

An old version of the database format was found.\nYou need to upgrade
the data format before using PostgreSQL.\nSee
/usr/share/doc/postgresql-7.4/README.rpm-dist for more information.

could u please let me know, how to get rid of this problem.

Follow the instructions in
/usr/share/doc/postgresql-7.4/README.rpm-dist.