On 2012/06/19 09:07, Thomas Steinmaurer wrote:

>> I've a database on firebird 2.1.1 32bits and i want to migrate to
>> firebird 2.1.4 64bits. Do I need a backup and restore database for
>> porting to 2.1.4 64bits?
> No.
>
>> If i move from 2.1.4 64bits to 2.1.4 32bits i need to do backup and
>> restore?
> No.
>
> Mind you, if you are using UDFs, you need libraries compiled for 64-bit.
>
>
> Regards,
> Thomas
>
>
>

Thomas I differ from you. I know according to the manual its the same
ODS, but in practice I found that sometimes I could not open the
database when switching between 32/64. To date I could not found out
why, as I use no UDF's and standard supperserver installations. So I
would recommend to go with backup/restore.

Regards


Cornie van Schoor
(InfoStar Software)