[Progress Communities] [Progress OpenEdge ABL] Forum Post: RE: cannot convert 10.2B to 11.2

[mroberts@rev.com.au]

I'll resurrect this one with an issue I've just found On a server with 11.7.4 only. Restoring 10.2B Database, using %DLC%\102butils\102b05_dbutil.exe to prorest and truncate bi. Worked OK. It wont let me conver using proutil db -C conv1011, as the _sec-authentication_system records exist. I can truncate the bi, but cannot convert the db to 11 because of the records. I don't have 10.2B, and will increasing find it harder to get it now it is officially retired, and don't use it on a day to day basis. But there will be a need for a DBA to resurrect an old DB backup from a previous version and convert to a newer version, without the tools to remove these records. Adding a remove option to _proutil may be the only way to allow entry into these old db backups in the future. Mark

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