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Date:	Mon, 11 Aug 2003 08:59:54 PDT7
From:	butch@fyrelizard.com
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Firebird .6.1 problem

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In <1060624376-0-Info@SYNass.NET>, on 08/11/2003
at 08:52 AM, "Info 4 SYNass" said:

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>Hi Butch
>I really wonder: Why do you delete a running version to reinstall a newer
>version
>and got into troubles ???

>I am not running Firebird but with stuff under development I would never
>delete
>something running before I am sure the successor version does better than
>the
>precious one !

>In your case of Firebird I would handle like following i.e:

>E:\Demos\OS2\Firebird\06 contains the previous version and the newer
>goes into:
>E:\Demos\OS2\Firebird\061 !

>Without touching version 0.6 I would experiment with version 0.61 !!

>Feeling secure that the newer version runs better than the previous or
>secure
>I would transfer (copy NOT move) my data into newer environment !

>The old 0.6 version remains untouched ;-)

>Later with i.e. version 0.62 I would repeat my procedure as described
>again !
>If I notice that the newest version is running properly THEN I do delete
>the eldest i.e. here 0.6 version !

>Like this I am having always a proper running version ;-))
>Like this I am always having a chance for a worling roll-back ;-)) Like
>this I am not trapped with having the previous version deleted and the
>newest one not working ;-((

>Take care and good luck
>svobi

svobi,

Thanks for the advice and direction!
I should never assume anything......right.

butch

>butch@fyrelizard.com on 11.08.2003 17.15.57
>Please respond to scoug-help@scoug.com
>To: SCOUG-Help@scoug.com
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>Subject: SCOUG-Help: Firebird .6.1 problem

>I am wondering if I am the only person having this problem with
>MozillaFirebird .6.1.

>I have had Firebird .6.0 installed and running well since it's release.
>This morning I was talking to an os/2 user in an irc chat and he was
>having problems with the MozillaFirebird.exe working with a recent
>download of MozillaFirebird .6.1. In an attempt to see what was
>happening, I deleted my Firebird and downloaded the newer version,
>unzipped to a directory and tried to run the MozillaFirebird.exe. When I
>did, the MozillaFirebird.exe properties notebook comes up and the program
>isn't executed. I downloaded the Firebird .6.1 from here:
>
>http://ftp28f.newaol.com/pub/firebird/releases/0.6.1/contrib/

>However, I got the same results when I downloaded from the nightly
>build's
>page and the build was dated August 10th.

>Any suggestions?

>butch

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