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2132031 - Downgrade fails with "ERROR: Cannot downgrade to '15.x' server, which does not support bigdatetime and bigtime datatypes." - ASE

Symptom

  • Downgrading from Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) 157 ESD#3 or later version to a pre-15.5 version
  • Downgrade prepare step will fail with error message

"ERROR: Cannot downgrade to '15.x.x.x' server, which does not support bigdatetime and bigtime datatypes."

  • Any user object is created using these datatypes ('bigdatetime', 'bigtime', 'bigdatetimen', 'bigtimen'), a similar error message is reported.


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Environment

  • SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) 15.7
  • Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) 15.5

Product

SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise 15.7 ; Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise 15.5

Keywords

KBA , sp_downgrade , sybsystemprocs , datatypes , BC-SYB-ASE , Sybase ASE Database Platform (non Business Suite) , BC-DB-SYB , Business Suite on Adaptive Server Enterprise , BW-SYS-DB-SYB , BW on Adaptive Server Enterprise , Bug Filed

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