SE Database porting

Posted in 1999

Mike Larena — Wed, 23 Jun 1999 15:34:08 -0400 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

I want to port a INFORMIX SE-4 database to my new informix SE-7 DB. 1- Is it doable ? 2- What is the procedure ? Here is the old db version: ===================== INFORMIX-SE Version 4.00.UE3 Copyright (C) 1984-1989 Informix Software, Inc. New version: ========================== INFORMIX-SE Version 7.24.UC5 Copyright (C) 1984-1998 Informix Software, Inc. Thanks Mike

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Michael Krzepkowski — Wed, 23 Jun 1999 22:28:50 GMT — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Just unload, create dbschema and load again. Do not try to copy files across versions. Best Regards, Michael Krzepkowski SQL Systems Inc. Mike Larena wrote: > I want to port a INFORMIX SE-4 database to my new informix SE-7 DB. 1- Is > it doable ? > 2- What is the procedure ? > > Here is the old db version: > ===================== > INFORMIX-SE Version 4.00.UE3 > Copyright (C) 1984-1989 Informix Software, Inc. > > New version: > ========================== > INFORMIX-SE Version 7.24.UC5 > Copyright (C) 1984-1998 Informix Software, Inc. > > Thanks > Mike