Re: [GENERAL] Updating from 8.2 to 8.4

2009-12-26 Thread Mark Morgan Lloyd
Adrian Klaver wrote: Thanks Adrian, noted. I'm hoping to get onto 8.4 before too long because of the analytic functions but that thread suggests that the best course of action would be to make sure that my code is robust against the new server and then decide on an upgrade schedule. I'm building

Re: [GENERAL] Updating from 8.2 to 8.4

2009-12-25 Thread Adrian Klaver
On Friday 25 December 2009 10:27:09 am Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: > Adrian Klaver wrote: > >> although I don't know why it didn't bite on 8.2 unless it's specifically > >> when 64-bit timestamps are processed. > > > > You might want to confirm your 8.4 installation is using integer > > datetimes as t

Re: [GENERAL] Updating from 8.2 to 8.4

2009-12-25 Thread Mark Morgan Lloyd
Adrian Klaver wrote: although I don't know why it didn't bite on 8.2 unless it's specifically when 64-bit timestamps are processed. You might want to confirm your 8.4 installation is using integer datetimes as there is some variability in its useage among packagers. Follow this thread for one

Re: [GENERAL] Updating from 8.2 to 8.4

2009-12-25 Thread Adrian Klaver
On Friday 25 December 2009 5:06:28 am Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: > Adrian Klaver wrote: > > On Thursday 24 December 2009 11:20:35 am Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: > >> I was hoping to finally get the servers updated from 8.2 to 8.4 over the > >> festive season, but by now I think I've left things too tigh

Re: [GENERAL] Updating from 8.2 to 8.4

2009-12-25 Thread Mark Morgan Lloyd
Adrian Klaver wrote: On Thursday 24 December 2009 11:20:35 am Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: I was hoping to finally get the servers updated from 8.2 to 8.4 over the festive season, but by now I think I've left things too tight. Is it necessary to update the (Windows) ODBC driver as well? I've got a

Re: [GENERAL] Updating from 8.2 to 8.4

2009-12-24 Thread Adrian Klaver
On Thursday 24 December 2009 11:20:35 am Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: > I was hoping to finally get the servers updated from 8.2 to 8.4 over the > festive season, but by now I think I've left things too tight. > > Is it necessary to update the (Windows) ODBC driver as well? I've got a > couple of app s

[GENERAL] Updating from 8.2 to 8.4

2009-12-24 Thread Mark Morgan Lloyd
I was hoping to finally get the servers updated from 8.2 to 8.4 over the festive season, but by now I think I've left things too tight. Is it necessary to update the (Windows) ODBC driver as well? I've got a couple of app servers still on NT4 with ODBC 8.02.0100 which I'm trying to be careful