possiblity of switch from 5.08

Hi,again. Last week I sent a request for help on possiblity of switching from OnLine 5.08UD1 but no answer recieved. Does any one knows how can I found differences,platform needed and other information about newer versions which have solved problems in 5.08 version? Problems such as archiving > 2GB,restoring a single dbspace and so on? any help will be greately appreciated --Babak ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

babak bayati wrote: > > Hi,again. > Last week I sent a request for help on possiblity of switching from > OnLine 5.08UD1 but no answer recieved. > Does any one knows how can I found differences,platform needed and > other information about newer versions which have solved problems in > 5.08 version? > Problems such as archiving > 2GB,restoring a single dbspace and so > on? > any help will be greately appreciated Online 5.08 has no problem archiving > 2GB unless you want to archive to disk, which is an OS problem, the latest versions of Informix still will not help if your OS cannot create larger files. I suggest you archive to tape, tapesize is limited to 2TB. Online 7.[23]x can restore a single dbspace using ontape and 7.3x can also use onbar to restore single dbspace and has additional features. Art S. Kagel