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falkenvb 
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 Topic: Upgrade to version 8?
Posted: 12 October 2006 at 10:32pm |
Hello all,
i have the version 7.x for access ... the version 8.x is to fast for access?
i have serieus problems with the access and the version 7.x .. is slow.
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WebWiz-Bruce
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Posted: 13 October 2006 at 10:23am |
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There is a database upgrade tool on the download page which updates your database and gives instructions on how to upgrade your forum.
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Posted: 13 October 2006 at 10:48am |
Is there a document that lists the new tables that v 8.x added in to the database? i need this so I can import topics from a ver 8.x db (access) to a v 7.x DB?
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Posted: 13 October 2006 at 10:53am |
you would have to look at the database scructures, quite a bit has changed within the database.
also bare inmind that alot of security improvements and coding techniques have been fixed in V8.
and V7.x is not supported for bug fixing etc now V8 is out of beta, V7.x is over 2 years old. i would advise keeping v8 but upsize to SQL Server if access is not coping
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Posted: 13 October 2006 at 1:17pm |
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Why would anyone want to go back to a less secure older version?
Version 7 has a number of security vulnerabilities that have been fixed in version 8, which also has much improved performance and features.
We urge all version 7 users to upgrade to version 8 ASAP to make sure there forum remains secure from hackers.
If you are wanting to go back to version 7 because you have heard rumours that version 7 came with a less restrictive license agreement? If so then please check the license as version 7 had almost an identical license to version 8, including for the ads in version 7, also the version 8 license supersedes any previous license so the latest license is the one that applies for all produces both past and present.
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Posted: 13 October 2006 at 3:46pm |
 falkenvb wrote:
... the version 8.x is to fast for access? |
I don't understand this statement. What symptoms make you think that V8 is to fast to be used with MS Access?
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Posted: 13 October 2006 at 4:10pm |
To fast for Access  If anything version 8 works better with Access than version 7, as there is less database reads and writes there is less chance of the Access database becoming corrupted. Even though I would recommend it I've seen version 8 forums running on Access with over a quarter of a million posts, there is no way version 7 would have been able to do that.
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Posted: 13 October 2006 at 4:22pm |
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lol - That's why I asked for the problem symptoms. I think he jumped to a wrong conclusion about what's causing a problem, but we don't know what his problem is yet as he hasn't described it.
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