Subject Re: [ib-support] (Helen) Re: gbk problem on FB/Rc2
Author Paul Beach
> > What goes wrong? There is some corruption on old gdb?
>
> In my experience there are some configurations that gbak just cannot
> handle. I have managed to create a few databases that gbak cannot
> restore so now I simply dont use it for anything except upgrading
> databases to new server versions.
>
> I have been working on an alternative backup program, so that I can
> still do online backups but not get caught by gbak. If you are
> interested you can download and read the help file at:
> http://www.telesiscomputing.com.au/dbk.htm

Wouldn't it be better just to fix gbak, and provide a new config switch that
would restore and ignore all constraints?

Regards
Paul Beach