Re: BYTE DATA 5.0 - 7.12
Posted in 1996
David Williams — — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)
In article <32B718A2.2091@quasar.edu>, Ed Bidinotto <edbid@quasar.edu>
writes
>I am trying to convert a 5.0 database to 7.12
>There are some tables in the 5.0 database that have columns as type
>Byte. I was told that since this contained binary data you could not
>unload it with dbexport and move it to 7.12
>If that's the case, how do I unload this data and move it over to a 7.1
>database?
>
>Tbunload at a table level on 5.0 and onloading it to 7.1 does not work
>so I'm stumped. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
>Tks
>
I would try dbexport, I have not heard any restrictions on moving
byte data.
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David Williams