[Glass] Stone new version and importing older databases ...

[Richard Sargent via Glass]

copydbf -i filename should give you information about the backup file. I'm told it should identify the version.

On Oct 5, 2017, 16:17, at 16:17, Marten Feldtmann via Glass <glass at lists.gemtalksystems.com> wrote:
>How do I find out the Gemstone version of a backup ?
>
>Marten
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>Dale Henrichs via Glass <glass at lists.gemtalksystems.com> hat am 5.
>Oktober 2017 um 01:45 geschrieben:
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>Marten,
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>While not explicitly disallowed, it is not recommended that you do this
>... Between any two versions of GemStone it is possible that primitive
>changes or private method changes (methods beginning with `_`) have
>been made and restoring from an incompatible version will not protect
>you from running into unexpected issues ... you should always do a
>upgrade when moving between GemStone versions to ensure that you are
>running compatible code ...
>
>Dale
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>On 10/3/17 1:33 AM, Marten Feldtmann via Glass wrote:
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>Hello,
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>consider the situation, where I have a running stone (say 3.3.6) and I
>import a backup of a 3.3.x (wher x < 6). What kind of database do I
>have after that ? 3.3.6 or 3.3.x ? Any problems with situations like
>this ?
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>Marten
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