Thanks, will do backup/restore

George P Boutwell wrote:

> Rafael,
>
> The general rule of thumb is something like this, when moving
> Databases around.
>
> 1) Different Platforms. Backup on Old Platfrom, Restore on New
> Platform (ie Windows -> Linux) Platforms probably isn't really the
> right tearm. Probably more Filesystems. If you change the file system
> that the database is going to be then a Backup on Old/Restore on New is
> in order.
> 2) Same Platform, Check ODS (On Disk Structure). If the ODS is
> different, Back-up on Old IB/FB Version. Restore on New IB/FB Version.
>
> I'm pretty sure that I read somewhere that the ODS structure had
> infact changed between FB 1.0 (which was basically the same as IB6's)
> and FB 1.5. So you you'll want to do the backup on old, restore on new.
> You shouldn't need to 'recreate from scratch' your DB, though.
>
> As for 'benefits' to rebuilding from scratch. Unless you INTEND to
> make use of features (like new Datatypes, ect) in the NEW version which
> aren't available in the old version, then there probably isn't much of a
> reason to recreate from scratch.
>
> HTH,
>
> George
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
>>We are planning to move a database from IB 6.01 to the latest release
>
> of
>
>>Firebird. In preliminary testing we just copied the database to the
>>Firebird 1.5 machine and everything seemed to be fine.
>
>
>>Is there anything that we should look out for? Would there be any
>>benefits to recreate the db from scratch in FB 1.5?
>
>
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