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Upgrading Adaptive Server Anywhere


Running multiple versions 

You can run multiple versions of Adaptive Server Anywhere (for example version 8.0 and version 9.0) simultaneously, provided that only one of the versions uses SPX.

Compatibility with existing software 

Adaptive Server Anywhere database servers work with older databases. There is no need to upgrade your database in order to continue working with existing applications.

You should not use older versions of the Adaptive Server Anywhere database server with newer databases.

For Adaptive Server Anywhere software version 6.0.0 or later, you can upgrade the database server without upgrading client software.

For information on upgrading client/server installations from Version 5 and earlier, see Upgrading Version 5 Applications.

Reasons to upgrade 

You must upgrade your database if you wish to use some of the new features in this version of the software.

There are two kinds of upgrade possible with version 9:


Upgrading a database
Upgrading the database file format
Standard upgrade precautions
Using the utilities

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