QAD crash upgrade ?!?

From: Brian Harrity

Date: 5 Apr 2001

Good morning:    (environment =  QAD 8.5f,  progress 8.3b,  hpux 11...)

I have recently been told by QAD Tech. Support  that, because we are in need
of a particular "patch" and because this patch really touches a lot of
things,  that it is recommended that we simply upgrade from our current
version of   MFG/PRO  v 8.5F   to   v 8.5H.

The "cowboy" in me thinks this shouldn't be that big of a deal,  and in fact
I could probably accomplish this over the course of a weekend,  assuming
that I clearly identify all of my customization which primarily centers
around:

1)  mostly report mod's
2)  some browses
3)  very few triggers
4)  even fewer mod's which "write"  to the database

Additionally,  because I won't be changing the current Progress platform (
8.3b for HPUX 11),  I won't need to worry about doing a  dump+load, or
anything with the data dictionary, schema, flux capacitor, etc. ??

I guess I'm looking for some moral support from those of you who live and
breathe "upgrades",  and I would appreciate additional insight regarding a
minor upgrade such as this.  And of course,  I'll be doing this first on
just my pilot database !!!

Thanks in advance for any comments.

Brian Harrity
Crystal Creative Products, Inc.
Middletown, OHIO
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