Stephen Harris wrote:
> This is probably a silly question, but are the database files binary portable?
No
> eg could I take datafiles from a Sparc and copy them to an Intel machine,
> or would the endianness differences kill me?
Yes
> How about cross OS (eg from Linux Intel to Windows XP, or from Solaris Intel
> to Linux Intel)?
Maybe. Wouldn't count on it though.
In fact the data files can be incompatible because of different
compile-time flags (64-bit integer dates on/off for example).
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Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd
