Jim Nasby wrote:

On Jun 21, 2006, at 7:42 AM, H.J. Sanders wrote:

The last 15 years we also used Informix and we never, never had to unload/load
the database because of an upgrade.

Perhaps somebody knows how they do the trick?


Do they provide a migration/upgrade utility?

In the case of MS SQL Server the issue doesn't come up. Here are some user experiences:

1) Create a database in MS SS 6
2) Upgrade software to MS SS 7
3) Use software


1) Create a database in MS SS 6
2) Backup database (closest analog is -Fc option of pg_dump)
3) Move backup to machine running MS SS 7
4) Attempt to restore. Program warns it will upgrade database and you can't go back, proceed? You say yes.

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