Re: [sqlite] OK to drop support for legacy file formats?

2004-02-10 Thread Matt Sergeant
On 9 Feb 2004, at 14:53, D. Richard Hipp wrote: Brass Tilde wrote: My understanding is that SQLite has had this auto-update feature since version 2.6.0. If I understand correctly, you should only have a problem if you are *now* using a version prior to that, and go from that version directly to

Re: [sqlite] OK to drop support for legacy file formats?

2004-02-09 Thread D. Richard Hipp
Brass Tilde wrote: My understanding is that SQLite has had this auto-update feature since version 2.6.0. If I understand correctly, you should only have a problem if you are *now* using a version prior to that, and go from that version directly to 2.8.12 or later. If you've kept your version of

Re: [sqlite] OK to drop support for legacy file formats?

2004-02-09 Thread Brass Tilde
> On 6 Feb 2004, at 14:05, D. Richard Hipp wrote: > > > If you use a modern version of SQLite (version 2.6.0 through 2.8.11) > > to open an older database file (version 2.1.0 through 2.5.6) the > > library will automatically rebuild all the indices in the database > > in order to correct a design

Re: [sqlite] OK to drop support for legacy file formats?

2004-02-09 Thread Matt Sergeant
On 6 Feb 2004, at 14:05, D. Richard Hipp wrote: If you use a modern version of SQLite (version 2.6.0 through 2.8.11) to open an older database file (version 2.1.0 through 2.5.6) the library will automatically rebuild all the indices in the database in order to correct a design flaw in the older

Re: [sqlite] OK to drop support for legacy file formats?

2004-02-07 Thread Rene
- Original Message - From: "Nate Bargmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > A plugin style of architecture seems much better than a bloated > all-in-one approach. Agreed, a plug-inn mechanism or lib-sqlite-bloated would do the job just as well.

Re: [sqlite] OK to drop support for legacy file formats?

2004-02-07 Thread Bernie Cosell
On 7 Feb 2004 at 12:10, Rene wrote: > > How old is 2.5.6 version? > > july 7. 2002 > http://www.sqlite.org/cvstrac/timeline?d=3000=2004-Feb-07=0==0=1=1=1=1 > > i'm just wondering what strategy will be if database format changes in the > future, do we depend on external utility then? I think

Re: [sqlite] OK to drop support for legacy file formats?

2004-02-07 Thread Rene
code, but smallest possible footprint is not (my) major issue. - Original Message - From: "Michael Roth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2004 2:04 PM Subject: Re: [sqlite] OK to drop support for legacy file formats? > Rene

Re: [sqlite] OK to drop support for legacy file formats?

2004-02-07 Thread Jonas Forsman / Axier.SE
Saturday, February 07, 2004 2:04 PM Subject: Re: [sqlite] OK to drop support for legacy file formats? > Rene wrote: > >>Why not remove the feature but create a seperate utility project that > >>converts any version of SQLITE DB to the latest version. > > > > >

Re: [sqlite] OK to drop support for legacy file formats?

2004-02-06 Thread Darren Duncan
On Fri, 6 Feb 2004, D. Richard Hipp wrote: > Would this proposed change cause anyone unreasonable hardship? Given that I don't have any investment (code or data) in older SQLite versions, it will be no problem for me at all if you remove the auto-conversion feature. Moreover, I support the

RE: [sqlite] OK to drop support for legacy file formats?

2004-02-06 Thread Ondrej Krsko
How old is 2.5.6 version? I agree with Greg. -Original Message- From: Greg Obleshchuk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 11:18 PM To: D. Richard Hipp; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [sqlite] OK to drop support for legacy file formats? Hello, Why not remove

Re: [sqlite] OK to drop support for legacy file formats?

2004-02-06 Thread Rene
CTED]> Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2004 12:41 AM Subject: RE: [sqlite] OK to drop support for legacy file formats? > Now there is experience talking. I agree with this view point. > > -Original Message- > From: Greg Obleshchuk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, F

Re: [sqlite] OK to drop support for legacy file formats?

2004-02-06 Thread Greg Obleshchuk
. The current version of SQLite would need to error when openning an older formatted DB file. regards Greg - Original Message - From: "D. Richard Hipp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2004 1:05 AM Subject: [sqlite] OK to drop s

Re: [sqlite] OK to drop support for legacy file formats?

2004-02-06 Thread Brass Tilde
> If you use a modern version of SQLite (version 2.6.0 through 2.8.11) > > I am proposing to drop support for this auto-update feature. > Beginning with 2.8.12, if you attempt to open a database file If the opinion of someone who's just started using the product, and has no intention of using the

[sqlite] OK to drop support for legacy file formats?

2004-02-06 Thread D. Richard Hipp
If you use a modern version of SQLite (version 2.6.0 through 2.8.11) to open an older database file (version 2.1.0 through 2.5.6) the library will automatically rebuild all the indices in the database in order to correct a design flaw in the older database files. I am proposing to drop support for