Fri May 27, 2022 2:47 am
Ok I'm pretty sure I was on 12.5.3 for windows 10 64bit, and the update was trying to get me to 17.4.6
I didn't backup the database, as I'd never actually dealt with updating this in such a major way before, so i didn't even know it was an issue.
To be perfectly honest, I installed v12 so long ago, I cannot remember which type of database I was using, but I don't think it was postgres. I did have postgres installed at some stage, but I'm pretty sure that was for something else.
As for the message about updating the DB, I clicked it, and it almost instantly came up with the error I posted in my last reply. Didn't sit there doing anything for a while, just click, and BAM! Error!
It's not totally the end of the world if I lose my projects, as luckily I didn't have any that I was actively working on, but I figured if there was a way to get them back, I'd rather try that before just biting the bullet and starting fresh, as there were a few projects I had intended to make slight variants of at some point.
It does appear that it will allow me to create a new local database, so I assume all would continue to work if I just bit the bullet and started fresh, but I'd much rather find out if I can fix my old one before I just forge ahead
It did appear that the new version was going to allow me to simply create a new database, so I assume everything would have functioned ok in that respect, but I didn't want to try in case I did something I couldn't reverse it.
So yeah... for the moment, I just left it until I found out if it was possible.
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Garth Ronkko on Fri May 27, 2022 7:48 am, edited 1 time in total.