RE: [firebird-support] Compatibility questions: Current release versus 1.5.3.4870

2017-07-26 Thread 'Leyne, Sean' s...@broadviewsoftware.com [firebird-support]
My question (and I'm sorry if I'm asking this before doing any research on my own) is simply, how compatible is the 2.5 version with databases created with 1.5.3? There is no easy answer to your question – it depends… Have you considered rolling back the Win10 update? The update should hav

Re: [firebird-support] Compatibility questions: Current release versus 1.5.3.4870

2017-07-26 Thread Alexandre Benson Smith ibl...@thorsoftware.com.br [firebird-support]
Hi ! It's dificult to tell... From version to version there is minor problens that can occur, like new reserved wirds and so on. But in general, you will be safe doing the upgrade. It's recommend to perform a back-up/restore cycle to upgrade de database ODS. But FB 2.5 can read databases cre

Re: [firebird-support] Compatibility questions: Current release versus 1.5.3.4870

2017-07-27 Thread Mark Rotteveel m...@lawinegevaar.nl [firebird-support]
On 2017-07-26 17:52, scott...@comcast.net [firebird-support] wrote: > Hello! > > I know it's been a while since I've posted on this Group, but current > circumstances have brought me back. > > Today, I discovered that Microsoft forcibly removed fbserver & fbguard > for version 1.5.3.4870. This ve

Re: [firebird-support] Compatibility questions: Current release versus 1.5.3.4870

2017-07-27 Thread Mark Rotteveel m...@lawinegevaar.nl [firebird-support]
On 2017-07-27 00:58, 'Leyne, Sean' s...@broadviewsoftware.com [firebird-support] wrote: > My question (and I'm sorry if I'm asking this before doing any > research on my own) is simply, how compatible is the 2.5 version with > databases created with 1.5.3? Firebird 2.5 can read databases from Int