| Subject | Re: [firebird-support] Is it expected that FB 2.5 Win64 seem to work with FB 2.1 Win32 databases? |
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| Author | Olivier Mascia |
| Post date | 2010-08-20T15:49Z |
Le 20 août 2010 à 17:43, Leyne, Sean a écrit :
This is done automatically at least monthly and eventually sooner depending on some usage statistics. So I think I will push the tests further, letting the upgrade happen in place (ODS stays at 11.1) and then at first maintenance routine the backup/restore will upgrade it to 11.2. This could considerably simplify deployment for the project I have at hand. I'll have a nice happy testing week-end, great! :)
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Olivier Mascia
>> Those databases are gbak'ed and restored once in a while anyway. Is there aThanks Sean.
>> specific benefit of backing up with the 2.1 32 bit edition, to then restore with
>> the 64 bit 2.5 version?
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> Personally, I would use the version upgrade as an opportunity to perform and database maintenance backup/restore.
This is done automatically at least monthly and eventually sooner depending on some usage statistics. So I think I will push the tests further, letting the upgrade happen in place (ODS stays at 11.1) and then at first maintenance routine the backup/restore will upgrade it to 11.2. This could considerably simplify deployment for the project I have at hand. I'll have a nice happy testing week-end, great! :)
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Olivier Mascia