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Overview

The purpose of this page to keep track of ongoing port of Ingres to 64-bit Windows.

Project Outline

The following is the outline of the projects that were identified as sub-projects required for Ingres 64-bit Windows port.

1. Build Ingres with the Microsoft 2008 compiler

• Convert visual tools project files
• Expect compiler related issues e.g. warnings generated by previous compiler version may now be errors, bugs in Ingres, compiler related bugs etc.

2. The next target is pure 64-bit build.

• Port all Visual Tools projects.
• Port all installer files
• Update build procedures/image rolling procedures.

Stretch Goal

1.. 64-bit reverse hybrid (64-bit Ingres, with support for existing 32-bit apps) build becomes a stretch goal. For the time being it isn't being implemented.

• We will leverage as much of the Jam work done on Linux as possible, but expect that Microsoft will have their own prescribed way of delivering 64-bit products. SQL Server may be a decent model to look at.
• As with 1.b we expect to find bugs that will need to be tackled
• Installer changes will be required to support the reverse hybrid build
• We would not be surprised to encounter problems with ODBC, .Net and the Visual Tools and may need assistance with these issues

Project Exceptions

The following items are not within the scope of this project:

1. Turning on Compiler Optimization (although this could be done in parallel once step 1, outlined above, is completed)
2. Investigating the use of the Intel compiler
3. Better exploitation of 64-bit environments

Additional Links

This project is also posted on the community wiki at http://community.ingres.com/wiki/Ingres_Projects.