[GNC] Going Back to Go Forward?

[Michael]

I don't know, but I haven't noticed any.  One of the experts would have 
to answer for sure.  Mike



On 08/06/2018 08:15 AM, Thomas Forrester wrote:
> Thanks, Mike.
>
> So from what you are saying, there is some sort of data structures 
> check that would alert me if I am using a version of the program that 
> is incompatible with the data version. Checking my downloads, I find I 
> have the .21 installer which I wouldn't have unless I had installed 
> that version.  So Looks like I may be good to take a step back.
>
> Maybe a corollary question then -  although backward compatible with a 
> .21 database, does 3.x introduce any new changes to the data 
> structures that would make this a really bad idea?
>
> On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 9:26 AM Michael <mjchurchil at aol.com 
> <mailto:mjchurchil at aol.com>> wrote:
>
>     It is my understanding that 2.6.21 is the only 2.6.x that is
>     compatible with the 3.2 data structure.  I have used 2.6.21
>     successfully with 3.2 data, but older 2.6.x report that they are
>     not compatible.  I believe that is true of xml and sql databases. 
>     Mike
>
>     On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 4:17 AM, Thomas Forrester
>     <tlforrester at gmail.com <mailto:tlforrester at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>     On a Windows computer, I upgraded to 3.2 from 2.6.20 I think it
>>     was back when I first noticed version 3 had been released. Took
>>     me till 3.2 to notice, but I think it was within a few days of
>>     the 3.2 release Having now used 3.2 for a short while, I'm
>>     wondering if there's any issue with going back to 2.6.x? In other
>>     words, are there any underlying data structure changes, or other
>>     file changes, that would make this a huge mistake? I am using the
>>     MySQL database backend. I just feel at this point that, if I
>>     can't further edit anything after pasting something in from the
>>     clipboard, that it may be a better idea to go back so I can go
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