RE: Upgrading from 32bit to 64bit
Are you upgrading the Application as well as the engine? If you connect
from app to engine using shared memory and dont upgrade both you will need
to change that.
Why do you want to change to 64 bit? I would not unless I needed to.
Upgrading the database is a one way process - reversion is only possible
using dbexport/dbimport.
MW
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-informix-list@iiug.org
> [mailto:owner-informix-list@iiug.org]On Behalf Of Thomas Ronayne
> Sent: Friday, 30 January 2004 1:12 a.m.
> To: informix-list@iiug.org
> Subject: Re: Upgrading from 32bit to 64bit
>
>
> Pretty much -- but you do have to recompile all your home-grown software
> after you've installed Informix with appropriate compiler and linker
> flags set for 64-bit.
>
> Note that the DATE type in ESQL/C was long in 32-bit distributions and
> is int4 in 64-bit distributions, adjust any source accordingly.
>
> Also, if you've used the fglgets.c function from the demo directory,
> you'll have to use the new one that comes with the 64-bit distribution.
>
> And, finally, don't blow away your 32-bit until you're sure the new
> engine is working...
>
> Wilkinson, Marcus wrote:
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> >Hi,
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> >I'm thinking about upgrading our Informix IDS 7.31 database from 32bit to
> >64bit. Is this simply a matter of changing the binaries?
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> >Thanks for your help
> >
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> >
> >Marcus
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