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		crucialfelix on Nov 17, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Postgres 9.4 feature highlight: Indexing JSON data... Does it not work to use the same data dir and use pg_upgrade ? I'm just about to upgrade 9.1 - 9.3 and am wondering if that method is advisable.

pilif on Nov 18, 2014 [–]

Yes. That works fine between official releases and I've been using it to upgrade in the last 3 years.

However, pg_updrade does not support upgrading between beta releases, which is one of the reasons why I stick to released versions.

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