Thanks Ann, for your explanation

So, in practice, that would mean that as long we still have V6 files and V6
gbak's, and no new features are used, we still have backup
interchangeability

which means that
IB6 => FB 1.0 is possible
FB 1.0 => IB 6 also I assume ?

And
IB6 => FB 1.5 ?
FB 1.5 => IB 6 ?

""Ann W. Harrison"" <aharrison@...> wrote in message
news:5.1.0.14.2.20021125175117.033defc0@......

> At 03:45 PM 11/25/2002 +0000, Phil Shrimpton wrote:
> >On Monday 25 November 2002 16:56, you wrote:
> >
> >Hi,
> >
> > > I would expect that if the system independent backup format is the

same for

> > > IB and for FB it would be possible to backup IB 7 with its own gbak

and

> > > restore with the gbak of FB to FB
> >
> >Unless you are using 'features' in IB that FB does not have, then it

fails!

> >It is the same the other way round as well (trying to restore a FB

database

> >in IB that uses FB only features)
>
> If you want to backup an InterBase database (for example) and restore it
> as Firebird, this is the procedure. Copy the firebird gbak program to
> a system that has InterBase installed. Use it to make a backup of the
> database. Restore that backup on a system that has Firebird installed.
>
> Since the gbak doesn't know about features that Firebird doesn't handle,
> this should work fine.
>
> The reason for running gbak on a system with InterBase is to get a
> gds32.dll that talks nicely with InterBase. When we use a different
> name for our dll, this may be a bit more tricky, but should still be
> possible.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Ann
> www.ibphoenix.com
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