Subject Re: [firebird-support] dumb upgrade question
Author Alexandre Benson Smith
Kyle Green wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have this question because the ODS is different on FB2.01 than FB1.5.
>
> Can I open a database created in 1.5 directly, or will I have to backup
> and restore.
>
> It seems that I can open a FB 1.5 database with IbEasy 1.5 even though I
> am running FB 2.01... I didn't expect to be able to.
>
> Thanks
>
> Kyle
>
>

Hi Kyle,

Yes, you can. FB 2.0 can read ODS 10.1 databases.

But you won't take benefit from a lot of FB 2.0 new features like the
new index structure, to upgrade an ODS 10.1 database to ODS 11, do a
back-up restore cycle.

see you !

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Alexandre Benson Smith
Development
THOR Software e Comercial Ltda
Santo Andre - Sao Paulo - Brazil
www.thorsoftware.com.br