On 04/01/2020 23:04, John M buff...@gmail.com [firebird-support] wrote: > I'm have an very old app that is using FB 2.5.2 on windows 7. As many > know we are being compelled to upgrade to win 10. Will the win 10 > upgrade break during this upgrade? If so, what is the best way to avoid > this issue?
Neither Windows 7 nor Windows 10 is a server OS. Consider whether you shouldn't use Windows Server (or switch to Linux). > My DB is very small at < 200MB. Is it better to upgrade to FB 2.5.9 > before the win upgrade? If so, what is the best way to do this upgrade? > > I have spent several hours already googling answers, but none I find > seem to give me a clear path. Upgrading Windows is not really related to upgrading Firebird, which is probably why you can't find a clear path by Googling for it. If you had kept up-to-date with Firebird 2.5 updates, this question wouldn't even have come up. I would recommend upgrading Firebird before the update, then if any problems arise during the Windows upgrade, you know they are not related to the Firebird upgrade. You could also do the reverse, but as 2.5.2 was built long before Windows 10 even existed, it is better to upgrade to 2.5.9 first. When upgrading Firebird 2.5.2 to Firebird 2.5.9, it is probably a good idea to use backup and restore, especially when your database was created with 2.5.1. I also hope you are aware that Firebird 2.5 is end-of-life, so consider upgrading to Firebird 3 as well (though going from 2.5 to 3 needs to be planned and tested more thoroughly than upgrading within 2.5.x). And as always, check the release notes for all changes and fixes between 2.5.2 and 2.5.9: https://www.firebirdsql.org/file/documentation/release_notes/html/en/2_5/rlsnotes25.html Mark -- Mark Rotteveel
