Olaf,

> now, the switches works fine, I had forget the Charset -fix_fss_d ISO8859_1
>
> It works fine, but there is another problem to fix. Now I get the error,
> that value exceeds the range for valid timestamps. How can I fix this issue?

Funny, you have been using 2.5 in 2013 already:
https://www.mail-archive.com/firebird-support@yahoogroups.com/msg05861.html

and ran into the same problem. ;-)

Check out Paul's blog:
http://paulbeachsblog.blogspot.co.at/2011/07/firebird-v21-error-value-exceeds-range.html


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> I have installed fb as cs without superclassic under 32 Bit Win7 the 32 Bit
> Version
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:firebird-support@yahoogroups.com]
> Gesendet: Freitag, 8. Januar 2016 16:51
> An: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
> Betreff: Re: AW: [firebird-support] Architecture
>
>> Thanks. For some Years, we have had in use the superserver, but since
>> we have a quadcore CPU, we are using cs.
>>
>> UDFs can I replace with build in functions
>
> I guess you can imagine that you first need to do that before backing up and
> restoring?
>
>> Now, I have restored the database with 2.5, but.. Errors :( Now I have
>> seen the new switches -fix_fss_d and m, but now I get another error,
>> no character set were found.
>
> * What is the character set of your database used when you have created the
> database in the past?
> * What is the exact error message?
> * How did you install Firebird 2.5?
>
> Is there another way to migrate? With the scripts while
>> running 2.1?
>
> backup/restore via gbak is the preferred solution, because it also moves
> data. Of course, you still can create an empty Firebird 2.5 based database
> with a DDL script and then pump your data with a tool from your source into
> the destination database.
>
>
> --
> With regards,
> Thomas Steinmaurer
> http://www.upscene.com/
>
> Professional Tools and Services for Firebird FB TraceManager, IB LogManager,
> Database Health Check, Tuning etc.
>
>
>
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>> Von: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
>> [mailto:firebird-support@yahoogroups.com]
>> Gesendet: Freitag, 8. Januar 2016 16:37
>> An: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
>> Betreff: Re: [firebird-support] Architecture
>>
>> Hello Olaf,
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I plan an update of firebird 2.1 cs 32 Bit with 32 Bit Server OS to
>>> Firebird 2.5. Is there a 64 Bit OS recommend and a 64 Bit
>>> installation of Firebird too?
>>
>> From an operational POV, a main factor with moving from 32-bit to
>> 64-bit is if you are using (third-party) UDF libraries. You need them
>> to be compiled with a 64-bit compiler if you want to run Firebird 64-bit.
>>
>> Other than that, I guess it depends on your planned load, especially
>> addressable RAM by the Firebird server process. If still intend to run
>> with ClassicServer, then each connection spawns its own process, thus
>> you probably won't hit the addressable RAM limit with Firebird 32-bit.
>> That might be different with Firebird SuperClassic (32-bit), because
>> this is a single process architecture.
>>
>> I connect with odbc. Known Issues while migration,
>>> metadata etc. ?
>>
>> The usual path is creating a gbak-based backup with Firebird 2.1 and
>> restore it under Firebird 2.5. The resulting ODS will be 11.2 (you can
>> check with gstat -h afterwards).
>>
>> On the client side, make sure that you are using a version of the
>> Firebird client library matching the server version. Bitness (32-bit vs.
>> 64-bit) of the client library is driven by your application and not by
>> the Firebird server. So, if you are application is 32-bit (Delphi
>> 32-bit?) use a Firebird 32-bit client library and ODBC driver.
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> --
>> With regards,
>> Thomas Steinmaurer
>> http://www.upscene.com/
>>
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>> LogManager, Database Health Check, Tuning etc.
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