Lawtrac 4.4.6 Upgrade Instructions

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This is a step-by-step guide with details for the upgrade from Lawtrac 4.4.5 to Lawtrac 4.4.6

Upgrade Your Lawtrac Instance

Mitratech continually strives to produce the best ELM products on the market; as we improve Lawtrac, database updates may be necessary. However, not all releases will require database updates or upgrade instructions. This page details the upgrade path that should be taken when upgrading your Lawtrac instance.

Upgrading to Lawtrac 4.4.6

This section details how to upgrade your current Lawtrac instance to Lawtrac 4.4.6.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Only run the Internal Upgrade Scripts (Step 6) if you are upgrading from a version prior to 4.0.

Steps to Upgrade

It is important to begin this process from the script that is equal or nearest to your current Lawtrac version. For example, clients on Lawtrac 4.0.2 would start at LT401to405.

Take a backup of your existing Lawtrac database (i.e., XXXLegal).
Run the Lawtrac Installer for the version you are upgrading to. For example, if a client is upgrading to Lawtrac 4.4 they would run the Lawtrac 44 Installer.
Follow the steps outlined on the Installing Lawtrac page.
Locate the scripts/upgrade directory within the Lawtrac4X root directory on your web server and update the existing DB by running the following scripts in the order seen in the Upgrade Scripts list below.

Note: The scripts below should be executed in the order they appear. Not all scripts will be used when upgrading. The .sql scripts referenced in the instructions below can be found in the Lawtrac Root Directory under the Scripts > Upgrade folder on your web server. Follow the steps listed above to upgrade your Lawtrac instance.

List of Upgrade Scripts
LT_37to40.sql
LT_40to401.sql
LT_401to405.sql
LT_405to407.sql
LT_407to408.sql
LT_408to409.sql
LT_409to412.sql
LT_412to42.sql
LT_42to421.sql
LT_421to422.sql
LT_422to43.sql
LT_43to431.sql
LT_431to432.sql
LT_432to433.sql
LT_433to434.sql
LT_434to435.sql
LT_435to437.sql
LT_437to438.sql
LT_438to439.sql
LT_439to440.sql
LT_440to441.sql
LT_441to442.sql
LT_442to443.sql
LT_443to444.sql
LT_444to445.sql
LT_445to446.sql

Access the respective starting script and run it against your Lawtrac database in the SQL Server Management Studio. Repeat this process until you have upgraded to the desired version of Lawtrac.
If upgrading from a version prior to 4.0 follow the path below to run the Internal Upgrade Script:

My Lawtrac > Application Administration > Application & Database > Database Administration and click the Run Upgrade Scripts link.

Once complete, the script window displays the number of tables that need to be examined and the tables that were already examined. Both values should be the same (i.e., 285 Tables to Examine (285).