data upgrade

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Hi

I need to upgrade the navision database from 5.0 to 5.01…

i have finished object upgrade…But i dont have any experience in data upgradation.

please explain how to do data upgradation and what would be the estimate we have to give.

My DB contain 3companies… and the size is 25MB.

one more question what is mean by “test data upgradation”?

waiting for ur reply

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I dont think there is an upgrade toolkit. from 5 to 5sp1.

Its only the objects that have changed. You can either open it using a 5sp1 client or just restore the back up using 5sp1 client. Then import the merged objects.

That is a really small database.

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Thanks a lot…

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hi pratha

i am working on upgrade the navision 4 to 5

do u have any idea regarding upgrade of navsion 4 to 5.

can u get me steps of upgrade

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Hi Yogesh

do u want to do object upgrade or data upgrade?

for object upgrade u can directly upgrade from 4 to 5.

first compare customer databse with standard 4.00 database.

And then compare and merge customer DB with standard nav 5.00 DB.

we use beyond compare tool for merge.

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hi pratha

i need to do both object and data upgrade.

can u say me stepo by step process

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Actually i too dont have any experience in data upgrade. could somebody please explain me abt data upgrade…

For object upgrade

  1. Backup customer database.

  2. Export objects in the customer database in txt format.

  3. Export objects in the standard nav4.00 database in txt format.

4.compare both using beyond compare

5.now export the objects in nav5.00 standarad database in txt form

  1. compare with customer database.

7.move the customised fields in customer database to stanadarad nav 5.00 database.

8.save the changes and import the txt files in to std nav5.00 database.

9.compile all objects.

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thanks pratha

u r infromations r usefull to me…can u explain me the 4 step . i just now completed testing my old DB … have u get any error during export

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I didnt get any error.if u face any problem during export tell me the exact error.

do u have any knowledge about beyondcompare tool.?

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no pratha

i dont know about that … can i go througt it and come back to u

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hi pratha v can use merge tool for compare ?

is some other way to compare object

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hi pratha v can use merge tool for compare ?

is some other way to compare object

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hi pratha v can use merge tool for compare ?

is some other way to compare object

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Hi

i dont have any idea about merge tool…but i heared we can use merge tool for upgrade.

I am using beyond compare for upgrade…

But please be aware that u should not use this tools for forms and reports…

It will lead to lot of trouble after upgradation…

so do it manually…[:)]

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hi da i was able to compare the objects and i got the difference between the customized object and standerd object … now shall i make the changes DB r shall i use mearge tool to do… if merge tool can do it how can i proceed .

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Yogesh,

As said earlier also, please download mergetool from www.mergetool.com, there you will get the relevant help document and a video explaining how to use the merge tool.

The mergetool from this site is a very good tool for upgrade project. I don;t know why you are hesitant about using merge tool and making your own efforts. I believe people here will help you when you have specific question, they can just show you the path and link from where you can get help…Please don’t expect spoon feeding. I hope that this will not be termed as rude reply :slight_smile: