Thanks Daniel (& Milan).

> And, I'm currently using FB 2.5 64bit Classic.

I'm very tempted to do the same.

How are you getting on with it and if you can say how many users/sites and the major gotchas moving to 2.5 Classic I'd much appreciate it.

Tom

--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Daniel Rail <daniel@...> wrote:
>
> 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.
>
>
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Daniel Rail
> Senior Software Developer
> ACCRA Solutions Inc. (www.accra.ca)
> ACCRA Med Software Inc. (www.filopto.com)
>