Re: Updating from 8.2 to 8.4

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 from scratch here so all options are as default except for
>> added Perl.
>>
>> --
>
> Alright then, nothing worse then trying to fix a problem that does not exist :)

"When a programmer has a hard time fixing a bug it's because he's
looking in the wrong place." :-)

> One other thing that came to mind in regards to the the 'changed record'
> problem is whether Row Versioning has been checked in the ODBC connection
> parameters?

No. However once I got to the point that a development machine was
looking at the new server I could reproduce the problem and (appear to
have) fixed it: the app was a scheduler running on a Windows system and
contained a lot of pathnames with backslashes hence
standard_conforming_strings = on.

I'll play with the new system for a few days and if all goes well try to
migrate on New Year's Day.

--
Mark Morgan Lloyd
markMLl .AT. telemetry.co .DOT. uk

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