[Xapian-discuss] upgrading from Xapian 0.9.9 to 1.0.2: Couldn't detect type of database

[Alexander Lind]

> I moved the Xapian database files on my new server, which has Xapian 
> 1.0.2 just installed. When trying to open a database to read from it, 
> I get this error:
>
> "DatabaseOpeningError: Couldn't detect type of database"
>
> Is there something I forgot to do for my update to work?

I think rebuilding the entire index is called for when upgrading from 
0.9.x -> 1.0.x. And you should move to flint anyways, its much faster 
than quartz.

Alec