> Woops, my bad No trouble. I understand now what the problem is and also that it is best to leave it alone for now.
RBS On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 9:23 AM, Martijn Tonies <[email protected]>wrote: > ** > > > > >>> OK, Action was a bad choice of field name, but this was not ourselves > >>> but > >>> the company that > >>> provides this software, iSoft. > >>> Is the only option then to change the database to dialect 3? > >>> Is that possible? > >> > >>Yes, you can do that - > >> > >>One is to create a backup and restore it under dialect 3, this is a > >>completely new database, dialect 3 wise. > > > > No can do. Only gfix can change that bit of the header; but doing that > > will make it so that the database header has wrong information about the > > data that is stored in the database. Changing the dialect bit does NOT > > upgrade the data. > > > > Woops, my bad, I just checked and it isn't possible! Sorry Bart. > > > >>The other is to adjust it's settings to be dialect 3 "from now on", DBW > >>allows > >>you to do that if you select "Database Properties" from the Enterprise > >>Manager. > > > > That will break the existing dialect 1 data. Also, if they are using > > proprietary software, the client will be connecting with dialect 1. > > As Thomas said so. > > > > I think they should get iSoft to fix it. Upping the dialect on an > > existing database is not a trivial thing to do. > > With regards, > > Martijn Tonies > Upscene Productions > http://www.upscene.com > > Download Database Workbench for Oracle, MS SQL Server, Sybase SQL > Anywhere, MySQL, InterBase, NexusDB and Firebird! > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Visit http://www.firebirdsql.org and click the Resources item on the main (top) menu. Try Knowledgebase and FAQ links ! Also search the knowledgebases at http://www.ibphoenix.com ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/firebird-support/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/firebird-support/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
