Re: SE v4/v5 Compatability

I have done upgrade from SE4.1 to SE5.1 about 5 years ago. I was able to run dbexport under 4.x and dbimport under 5.x, than use same 4gi without any changes. But, you might want to recompiler against the old code for better performance. Hope this helps. Susik slee@gus.net > I am about to copy an old(ish) SE 4.11 app to a new machine. > > Clearly I'll need a new set of run-time licenses and I am looking to > purchase just SE and RDS run-time. However SE is now only available as > v5 but no-one seems able to confirm whether or not the new engine will > be compatible with the v4 tables; has anyone had any experience of this? > > If I need to recompile the schema is this possible with a run-time only > version of SQL and if it transpires that I do need to purchase some > devel kit do I need to get a devel version of SE: I have been told this > is necessary but I remain unconvinced. > > Finally, are there likely to be any difficulties with the current RDS > that my require a recompile against the old code? > > Many thanks. > -- > Richard >