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[Mark Spohr <mhspohr@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for this information.
I'll be going to the Solomons in a few weeks and will help them update.
Looks like some nice new features.

.Mark

On Monday, February 20, 2012, Bob Jolliffe <bobjolliffe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 19 February 2012 20:39, Bob Jolliffe <bobjolliffe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> In general its best to do this in increments if possible - upgarding
>> from 2.3 to 2.7 might well cause a few problems.  But if you have a
>> 2.6 database, running the 2.7 war against it should take care of the
>> necessary updates.  As always, take a backup first :-)
>
> Lars tells me this is not necessarily true and I think he is right.
> All of the 'legacy' sql upgrade stuff should be present in the
> dhis.war to upgrade from previous versions so you should indeed be
> able to upgrade from 2.x to 2.7 by just deploying the latest war.  And
> given you will have taken a db backup first there is no real risk in
> trying anyway.
>
>>
>> On 19 February 2012 18:56, Mark Spohr <mhspohr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Thanks very much for this update.  It is great to see all of the
>>> improvements taking place.  You are all doing a great job.
>>>
>>> Just one question... any special procedures for upgrading from recent
>>> earlier versions or can we just install the new war file?
>>>
>>> Kind regards,
>>> Mark
>>>
>>>
>>> 2012/2/18 Lars Helge Øverland <larshelge@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>
>>>> To avoid any confusion: This is the STABLE release. Since we are
>>>> providing you with open source software we hope that as many as
>>>> possible will adopt the new version - this way you can contribute to
>>>> the DHIS community through testing and feedback.
>>>>
>>>> regards, Lars
>>>>
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