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Old January 2nd, 2004, 04:50 PM
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Sql dialect?
Is it possible to change the Sql Dialect on a database that is already created?

I want to change the dialect by sql.

Any help?

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Old January 4th, 2004, 07:52 AM
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Hi,

Yes, you can change the dialect. Any GUI tool should be able to do it.

However, changing the dialect will not affect existing columns and datatypes.

For example:

In dialect 1, a NUMERIC(18, 0) internally is a DOUBLE, while on dialect 3, it's an INT64. Changing the dialect will not change the internal datatype.

The best thing you can do is create a new database (dialect 3) and run a script to create the seperate database objects that you got from your old (dialect 1) database.
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Old September 7th, 2004, 04:38 PM
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Hi,
i´ve exactly the same problem...
I´m using IBExpert but i did not find anything to change the dialect of an existing database.
i can set the dialect for the client-dialect to 3, but the database is anymore in dialect 1.

How can i change the dialect of an existing database?
creating a new database and convert the old is not possible, because a merchandise management programm is working with it.

Thanks for help!
lewian
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Old September 8th, 2004, 01:34 AM
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Either check the IBExpert Help or download Database Workbench

I also believe you can use "gfix" (the command line tool) to change the dialect.

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It's something like this

gfix -user SYSDBA -password masterkey dbserver:/db/mydb.fdb -sql_dialect 3

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