Re: onunload/onload usable for migration frm NLS to GLS ?

June Tong wrote: > Helmut Leininger wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Can onunload/onload to be used to transfer a database (or tables) from > > an NLS database to a GLS database? > > I would like to use this for migrating an existing database from NLS to > > GLS. Up to now I used dbexport/dbimport, but sometimes had troubles with > > using some CHAR columns (last character seemed to have disappeared). > > Well, NLS is a version 6.x-7.1x thing, and GLS is a version 7.20+ thing, so > the answer is no, because onunload/onload only works between instances on > the same version of OnLine. > > (And in case anyone's wondering, this is in my FAQ. > http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Bridge/4578, in case you haven't been > paying attention.) > > June (waiting for the repetition police to come get me) > -- > june_t@hotmail.com > Lost in the wilds of Palo Alto, living on Mrs. Fields' chocolate chip > cookies Hi June, I agree that onunload/onload can be used only within the same version of Informix. But you can have NLS databases also in 7.20+ which is what I have (coming from 7.1 and due to some reasons staying with NLS in 7.24). Would it work in this case? Regards -- Helmut Leininger Bull AG / Vienna Unix Support Email: Helmut.Leininger@bull.net This opinion is mine and not necessarily that of my employer. No guarantees whatsoever.