Thread: Re: Upgrade question - was Re: join and dynamic view

Re: Upgrade question - was Re: join and dynamic view

From
Christoph Haller
Date:
>
> That explains it - the server I'm developing on is quite old - I
didn't
> realise how old.  I'm about to do an upgrade from 7.1.3 to 7.2.1-5
over
> christmas in fact.
>
> Will I need to dump/restore the database for this upgrade?
>
I'm not sure. But I think it's never ever a bad idea to do a dump
before any kind of upgrade.
Regards, Christoph




Re: Upgrade question - was Re: join and dynamic view

From
Andreas Joseph Krogh
Date:
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On Tuesday 17 December 2002 16:09, Christoph Haller wrote:
> > That explains it - the server I'm developing on is quite old - I
>
> didn't
>
> > realise how old.  I'm about to do an upgrade from 7.1.3 to 7.2.1-5
>
> over
>
> > christmas in fact.
> >
> > Will I need to dump/restore the database for this upgrade?

As allways when version-upgrading(and not patch-level), you need to 
dump/restore as the binary on-disk format changes.

- -- 
Andreas Joseph Krogh <andreak@officenet.no>
The difference between insanity and genius is measured by success
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