Re: Moving SE Database
On Tue, 25 Aug 1998 18:58:51 GMT, in article <6rv1i9$qcr$1@trader.ipf.de>,
axsander@okay.net (Axel Sander) wrote:
>Hi all,
>I'm going to move an Informix SE 5.0 database to a new partition
>(SunOS on a Sparc). I'm doing this the first time, so I read the
>manuals and figured out I have to create a new directory, copy all
>files, set my new INFORMIXDIR and run a 'start database with log in
>newdirectory'. Is this correct (and complete)? Can I move my database
>this way or have I to build the complete database and wait for
>unload/load?
Depends on how it was set up originally.
If it was set up with full path names to the table files, you'll either need
to carefully edit the systables entries to correct the directories or run
dbexport then dbimport in the new directory.
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