You cannot convert an existing non-unicode AR instance to unicode by running the installer. You need to perform a clean unicode install of ARS and any applications and then migrate your data and workflow customisations via export/import, Migrator or equivalent. Mark
________________________________ From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) on behalf of Ramy S. Ayoub Sent: Fri 30/01/2009 19:40 To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Upgarde ARserver 7.1 patch 5 from non-unicode to unicode ** Hi joe, Longtime :) , we have our production servers running in non-Unicode as we receive data from Seibel ebusiness (Remedy Integrated with Seibel through tibco media ware , so the data become like ??? , so I found out the my arserver non-Unicode. So I run my upgrade in the dev environment but didn't give me the chance to choose the Unicode , its given me direct upgrade. any solution for this On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 9:26 PM, Joe DeSouza <joe_rem...@yahoo.com> wrote: ** Would be useful if you would tell what went wrong when you tried so someone can help you with what your problem was.. Joe ________________________________ From: Ramy S. Ayoub <ramyay...@gmail.com> To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 2:23:45 PM Subject: Upgarde ARserver 7.1 patch 5 from non-unicode to unicode ** Dear List , Tired to upgrade our ARserver from non-Unicode to uni-code, as we are running SQL-Server 2005 Any suggestion? Regards, Ramy Ayoub __Platinum Sponsor: RMI Solutions ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" html___ __Platinum Sponsor: RMI Solutions ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" html___ _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: RMI Solutions ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"