| Subject | Re: [firebird-support] MS-Windows<-->Linux compatibility |
|---|---|
| Author | Mark Rotteveel |
| Post date | 2019-08-30T10:42:53Z |
On 2019-08-29 13:06, emoutie@... [firebird-support] wrote:
on a Firebird on Linux, then you will need to backup the database under
Windows and restore it under Linux. Otherwise, for example indexes on
(var)char fields with collations might not work correctly.
If you are just talking about a client application connecting to a
Firebird server on Windows, the OS of the client is not important.
Mark
> Hello,If you are talking about using a Firebird database created under Windows
>
> In theory, if I create a Firebird database with IBExpert under
> MS-Windows, is it then possible to use it with a Linux application
> (written in Lazarus), giving it all the right rights, ie without going
> through an IBExpert's script export and re-import into FlameRobin)?
on a Firebird on Linux, then you will need to backup the database under
Windows and restore it under Linux. Otherwise, for example indexes on
(var)char fields with collations might not work correctly.
If you are just talking about a client application connecting to a
Firebird server on Windows, the OS of the client is not important.
Mark