Re: Upgrade question to which the answer is probably RTFM but I can't be arsed

Posted in 2005

Neil Truby — Wed, 30 Mar 2005 08:36:41 +0100 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

"Andrew" <a@a.co.uk> wrote in message news:aYj2e.23231$ME3.8335@newsfe1-gui.ntli.net... >> Thaks. And you didn't have to upgrade to 9.30 as an intermediate step or >> anything? >> > Nope - all I did was take a backup, copy the Informix directory - install > into the current directory, reinitialise, wait for the db up upgrade to > the > new file format (few minutes on a 150Gb+ instance) bounced the server - > update statistics, consistency checking and Bob's yer transvestire Aunty.> Think it's only from 7.x that you have to do an interim Thanks very much. Although my transvestite auntie is actually called Mary ...