Re: Upgrading Informix from Online engine to Dynamic Server

>We did a dbexport for safety sake, but the upgrade worked fine and there was no need to do a dbimport. Connie > Jane Vohden wrote: > > > > I have been talking with Informix about upgrading our site from the = > > 5.xx Online engine to 7.2x Dynamic Server. ' > > > We went from 5.0x to 7.12 with few problems. We never used a > consultant. The upgrade consisted of dbexport, install 7.1x, bring > engine up, dbimport. I was able to make a good guess of dbspace / table > layouts based on our current system. The system required a bit of > tuning, as 7.x is quite different from 5.x, but I went to various > courses as well. Between them and OJT, we handled the situation quite > nicely. > John Carlson > Informix DBA > WH Smith, Inc. > > > > > > > >