| Subject | Re: [firebird-support] Wanting to shift from firebird 1.0.3 on redhat to 2.1.2 on windows server 2008 |
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| Author | Anderson Farias |
| Post date | 2009-07-22T23:59:11Z |
Hi,
version. This is fine but you won't have new FB 2.1 functionalities.
Usually, what you want is to convert the old database to new one, this needs
a lot of aknowlegemens you should find at the release notes and migration
docs. The basic steps are backing up using FB 1.0 gbak and than restoring
with 2.1. But, that may be some issues like metadata convertion (again: read
the docs).
Also, you need to know if the "connection" components the applications is
using suport FB 2.1.
Regards,
Anderson
> Things I have tried so far:If you just copy the database file (gdb) than FB will work with and old ODS
> shifting the .gdb file to the windows system and registering the new
> database.
> restoring one of the .bak files to a new database
version. This is fine but you won't have new FB 2.1 functionalities.
Usually, what you want is to convert the old database to new one, this needs
a lot of aknowlegemens you should find at the release notes and migration
docs. The basic steps are backing up using FB 1.0 gbak and than restoring
with 2.1. But, that may be some issues like metadata convertion (again: read
the docs).
Also, you need to know if the "connection" components the applications is
using suport FB 2.1.
> These methods are not working.What exactly "is not working"?
Regards,
Anderson