Importing and exporting from version 5.x.x to 6.x.x

[Anonymous]

Hello, Talend developers in the world.
I would like to ask you about importing and exporting function for Talend.

Now, our current project is considering version up of Talend from 5.6.2 to 6.5.2.
I checked other post in this forum and it said that newer Talend version can accept exported older version Talend definition.
But for me, version 5.6.2 and 6.5.2 is pretty big version difference.
Is it possible to export and import from 5.6.2 to 6.5.2?

Additionally, we will change DB object from mysql and postgre to Redshift as well witout any modification to Talend job.
In my recognition, a Talend job logic does not depend on DB object type if we define DB object setting correctly in Talend software.
Is my understanding correct? If not , could you please point out?

[vapukov]

Possible to export/import?

Yes, it possible!

Would it work after export/import?

It depend from Your jobs - too many options for single answer 

If You plan change DB components prior to version 7 - You will need redesign Your job. With version 7 too, but work would be less

all simple - just install and test :-), then ask the question about real problems what you meet 

[Anonymous]

To: Vapukov

Thank you for your reply!

If possile, I would like to ask you a different specification between ver.5.x and ver 6 as far as you know.

My current understanding about different specification of each talend version is following.

- Ver 5.x works based on JDK ver1.7, however, ver 6.x works based on JDK ver1.8.

- Talend Studio for Wind32 bit was ended to release at ver 6.4.

- JDBC-ODBC bridge API for Java 1.8 is not implemented in ver 6.x.

Do you know other different specification? If so, could you please tell me?