Re: Migrating from 7.31 to 9.20
Posted in 2000
Obnoxio The Clown — — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)
From: dins dins <dins_d@yahoo.com>
>
>So, which way would be better to ugrade database from
>IDS 7.31 to IDS 9.20?
>
>1) To take backups from database, go to Quiescent mode
>and install new version over older?
>
>OR:
>
>2) install 9.20, take dbexport from IDS 7.31 and
>import it to 9.20?
Call me old fashioned, but I prefer 2). Also, I don't think 1) will work, I
think you have to first revert to 7.30 then upgrade to 9.20. I could be
wrong, though. Oh, and going Quiescent will probably not work anyway -- you
can't overwrite a file that's in use, IIRC.
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