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Migrating to Postgres, any gotchas?

silver-finch-68

Happy to share what worked for me if anyone's interested. Be gentle, I'm new here. Most advice I find online contradicts itself.

hollow-beech-621 more

Whatever you pick, pick it soon. Waiting is the expensive part.
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copper-rowan-64

I asked the same thing a year ago, the answers here helped a lot.
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gentle-moth-19

Agreed, and it takes a while before it clicks.
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gentle-wren-351 more

Counterpoint: it depends a lot on how much time you have.
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slow-yarrow-37

This deserves its own thread.
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bright-fern-46

Good question, following.
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rustling-moth-11

This deserves its own thread.
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amber-sparrow-62

My experience was the opposite, oddly enough.
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slow-clover-565 more

Thanks, exactly what I was looking for.
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pale-birch-264 more

Start small and stay consistent. That's really all there is to it.
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wry-thistle-11 more

pale-birch-26 wrote:

Start small and stay consistent.

Strong disagree, but thanks for writing it up.
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slow-finch-70

Saving this for later.
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late-clover-23

pale-birch-26 wrote:

Start small and stay consistent.

Ha, I thought I was the only one.
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sunlit-rowan-51

Ha, I thought I was the only one.
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slow-heron-441 more

This is the most useful reply in the thread.
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woven-willow-47

slow-heron-44 wrote:

This is the most useful reply in the thread.

Whatever you pick, pick it soon. Waiting is the expensive part.
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dusky-alder-66

Second this.
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wry-lichen-541 more

The official docs are better than they look.
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dusky-hazel-0

Start small and stay consistent. That's really all there is to it.
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sunlit-rowan-334 more

Strong disagree, but thanks for writing it up.
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copper-hazel-202 more

Good question, following.
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rustling-heron-951 more

copper-hazel-20 wrote:

Good question, following.

Small correction, but the point stands.
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wry-rowan-26

The official docs are better than they look.
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sunlit-thistle-39

sunlit-rowan-33 wrote:

Strong disagree, but thanks for writing it up.

Nothing beats doing it badly a few times.
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