Upgrading Your Collect!

Collect!'s upgrading procedure has been streamlined. The automated upgrade procedure, available in Collect! Version 11.4 and newer, enables you to update your Collect! system with very few steps. In most cases, update patches will take a fraction of the time it took to manually upgrade, using database export and upgrading procedures.

To actually obtain the upgrade or update version patch, you will need to login to the Collect! Technical Services and follow the download instructions. If you are not currently a Member and would like to inquire about upgrading / update patch options, please contact us.

Please review the topic for your Collect! Version.

Upgrading Your Collect! Version 11

This topic walks you through the steps to upgrade your Collect! Version 11.2 or Version 11.3 to Collect! Version 11.6 using the automated upgrade procedure.

If you are running Collect! Version 11.4, you can simply apply the latest Version 11.6 patch to your Collect! system. A full upgrade is not necessary. Members please login to the Member Center to download the patch that's right for you. Non-members wishing to update, please contact us to discuss your options.

Upgrading Your Collect! Version 11_0 or Version 11_1

This topic walks you through the steps to upgrade your Collect! Version 11.0 or Version 11.1 to Collect! Version 11.6 using the automated upgrade procedure.

Upgrading Your Collect! Version 8

This topic walks you through the steps to upgrade your Collect! Version 8 to Collect! Version 11.6 using the automated upgrade procedure.

Upgrading Your Collect! Version 10

This topic walks you through the steps to upgrade your Collect! Version 10 to Collect! Version 11.6 using the automated upgrade procedure.

Upgrading Your Collect! Version 7

This topic walks you through the steps to upgrade your Collect! Version 7 to Collect! Version 8.0.22 as one of the necessary steps to the latest released Collect! Version.

Upgrading Your Collect! Version 5

This topic walks you through the steps to upgrade your Collect! Version 5 to Collect! Version 7 as one of the necessary steps to the latest released Collect! Version.

Manual Upgrade Topics

Links to help topics for manually upgrading Collect!. These steps have been replaced by Collect!'s automated upgrade procedure, available in Collect! Version 11.4 and newer The manual upgrade procedures may be used if you really need to condense or defrag your database to the smallest possible size.

Upgrading Topics

Links to all upgrading topics.

Custom Upgrade for Technicians

This topic explains ways to optimize the upgrade process if you are administering a large database.