If you were to actually PAY for such a version to be developed, I suspect you'd choose to go ahead and write a migration script. I don't know the details but I'd guess that what you are asking for is likely months of engineering time and endless hours of agony trying back-port all the code changes that happened since the file format change. What you are asking may not even be possible. It would likely be cheaper for you to just write the migration script and move your software forward to the most recent version. Download the source tree and do a diff between the current version and your target version if you want to get an idea for how much work you are asking for.
I feel your pain. I used to work in the enterprise world...in fact I worked for a big retail operation...so I used to be in your shoes. However, I'm not sure how you can go to a DB vendor that consists of one primary guy doing the heavy lifting and ask him to write a special version just for you at no cost. He's trying to move his platform forward. He doesn't have the resources to write special versions for people. Look, you chose a solution that was free. The price of that choice is that you have to do more work yourself. Now you know why Oracle, Sybase and SQL-Server are so expensive. They charge enough money to employ enough developers to keep people like you happy. If you chose the free solution to save a few dollars, then you can't complain about the tradeoffs that go along with the choice you made. -James On May 24, 2010, at 1:50 AM, Soupdragon wrote: > > This is getting pretty embarrassing, especially since I made the > decision to pick H2 in the first place. I desperately need a reliable > version which will handle the old data file format. > > The frequency with which new releases of H2 seem to be coming out > recently is, frankly, alarming. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "H2 > Database" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/h2-database?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "H2 Database" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/h2-database?hl=en.
