Hi,

At June-21-10, 6:43 AM, tomsee7 wrote:

> I'd like to check some things in upgrading to the above please:

> 1. Is it imperative to backup and restore a FB32 DB to FB64 svr?

Not if you are still using the same version and same kind of OS. If
you are upgrading, i.e.: from 1.5 to 2.5, then I would suggest that it
would be a good idea to do a backup and restore, so that the database
gets updated to the new ODS version and that the new features can be
used. And, if you are moving from one OS to another, then I would
definitely do a backup and restore, especially if the endianness
between both OS are not the same.

> 2. We currently use a single copy of FBClient.dll residing with the
> main application executable in a server folder. This is mainly for
> centralising maintenance and ease of updates. This has to be 32bit
> FBclient.dll otherwise the clients can no longer connect. Local
> connections to db would be using the installation 64bit FBclient.dll. Any problems here?

No problems with this.

> 3. Perhaps this is no longer the case, but in the past there was
> some discussion about avoiding mixing local and tcp/ip connections
> to the db. Therefore we always make all connections explictly with
> ip address. Can anyone comment as to whether this is a myth and can now be ignored?

I don't think it's a problem anymore, but I can't really comment,
since I'm using exclusively tcp/ip.

> 4. Lastly, are there any important config values to set or turn
> on/off that apply solely to FB64 (any/all architectures).

None that I know of. And, I'm currently using FB 2.5 64bit Classic.



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Daniel Rail
Senior Software Developer
ACCRA Solutions Inc. (www.accra.ca)
ACCRA Med Software Inc. (www.filopto.com)