On 2012/06/19 09:07, Thomas Steinmaurer wrote: >> I've a database on firebird 2.1.1 32bits and i want to migrate to >> firebird 2.1.4 64bits. Do I need a backup and restore database for >> porting to 2.1.4 64bits? > No. > >> If i move from 2.1.4 64bits to 2.1.4 32bits i need to do backup and >> restore? > No. > > Mind you, if you are using UDFs, you need libraries compiled for 64-bit. > > > Regards, > Thomas > > > Thomas I differ from you. I know according to the manual its the same ODS, but in practice I found that sometimes I could not open the database when switching between 32/64. To date I could not found out why, as I use no UDF's and standard supperserver installations. So I would recommend to go with backup/restore.
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