Hi,
I am in the process of converting a very old database, VI-T0.9.4.41 (if memory serves me best was the first release of Firebird from Interbase), to the latest release of Firebird.
Avoiding IBpump etc. because of the large amount of data, I initially performed a backup using the old version and then a restore under the new version. This appeared to work but large portions of data was missing.
But, when I simply access the old database via the new version of Firebird and performed a backup and restore it appears to have worked. I verified the record count of the tables from the old to the new but I could not verify the data because the volume of information, especially in the blob fields, would be insurmountable.
I am just wondering if my migration exercise was that simple, or am I disillusioning myself and will discover serious problems once the database and application are released into a production environment.
Any comments would be appreciated.
Regards
David