tomcaml@yahoo.com wrote:
> i am migrating to v10
> but the guide for 9.4 says this under "remove outstanding in-place
> alters"
>
> the db server cannot convert if there are any outstanding
> in-place alters
> remove outstanding in-place alters before converting by
> running a 'dummy' update statement against each table
>
> pointed that direction by infx support - does not seem quite right but
> that is what it says
>
> and the thread is correct, it will not work to do so against SERIAL
> type so thanks much for the replies!

Look for the Perl script to diagnose tables with outstanding IPAs in the
IIUG archives.

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