Question

I installed postgres on Mac OS X 10.6.x.
When I ran for postgres database version:

psql --versionpsql (PostgreSQL) 9.1.1
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When I checked for the version of the server:

psql -c "select version();"                                                                     version                                                                      
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 PostgreSQL 9.0.5 on x86_64-apple-darwin10.8.0, compiled by GCC i686-apple-darwin10-gcc-4.2.1 (GCC) 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5666) (dot 3), 64-bit
(1 row)

So when I run

bash-3.2$ psql
psql (9.1.1, server 9.0.5)
WARNING: psql version 9.1, server version 9.0.
         Some psql features might not work.

I am not sure what those features are. These versions are conflicting. I am new to using postgres so I dont know how to upgrade just the postgres server. I tried to search for something online but did not find much help. I don’t want to uninstall and reinstall postgres. Is there anyway I could use them both together without them conflicting? Or just upgrade the server to the same version as database?

Edit:

which psql
/opt/local/lib/postgresql91/bin//psql

which postgres
/opt/local/lib/postgresql91/bin//postgres

ps -eaf|grep postgres
    0    60     1   0   0:00.07 ??         0:00.09 /opt/local/bin/daemondo --label=postgresql90-server --start-cmd /opt/local/etc/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.postgresql90-server/postgresql90-server.wrapper start ; --stop-cmd /opt/local/etc/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.postgresql90-server/postgresql90-server.wrapper stop ; --restart-cmd /opt/local/etc/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.postgresql90-server/postgresql90-server.wrapper restart ; --pid=none
  103  3971  3967   0   0:00.69 ??         0:01.17 postgres: writer process     
  103  3972  3967   0   0:00.67 ??         0:00.88 postgres: wal writer process     
  103  3973  3967   0   0:00.18 ??         0:00.23 postgres: autovacuum launcher process     
  103  3974  3967   0   0:00.19 ??         0:00.21 postgres: stats collector process     
    0  3616  2726   0   0:00.04 ttys000    0:00.06 su postgres
  103  3967  3619   0   0:00.23 ttys000    0:00.34 postgres -D /usr/local/pgsql/data
    0  4559  4055   0   0:00.03 ttys001    0:00.05 su postgres
  103  5922  4560   0   0:00.01 ttys001    0:00.01 grep postgres

Thank you.

Answer 1

I suppose that you’ve already had PostgreSQL installed before. Please, confirm this, ‘cos in this case you will have to upgrade your database. This is important step, it is not possible to just upgrade the software.

Please, try stopping currently running server. First, check the source of currently running PostgreSQL:

sudo launchctl list | grep -Ei "macports|postgres"

Then perform:

sudo launchctl unload -w <OldPostgreSQL.plist>

and start a new server like this:

sudo launchctl load -w <NewPostgreSQL.plist>

I would expect new plist to be
/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.postgresql91-server.plist.

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In case you need to upgrade:

1. Make sure you do a full dump of the database first with the new version of pg_dump.
2. Execute new version of the initdb in the new PGDATA folder.
3. Start a new server as outlined above.
4. Upload the full dump.

Here’s a small description I’ve came across on the subject. And this is the official PostgreSQL documentation on upgrading between major releases.