Darin:

1) is it possible to back up a file on 1 server and restore it onto another?
Yes.

2) If so, what am I doing wrong?
Don't know, you didn't post your error message.

Artur

----- Original Message -----
From: "Darin Bawden" <dbawden@...>
To: <ib-support@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 2:40 PM
Subject: [ib-support] Restoring a database


> Good morning everyone,
> I'm a huge newbie when it comes to Firebird/Interbase, so please be
patient
> :)
> Anyway, what I am trying to do is this: I've backed up an SQL
database
> located on a local server, with it being transportable. I'm trying to
> restore it onto a different server (going from Windows to Red Hat Linux)
> running Firebird 1.0. When I try, it tells me it can't open the backup
file
> and stops the process. I guess the 2 questions I have are: 1) is it
> possible to back up a file on 1 server and restore it onto another? 2) If
> so, what am I doing wrong?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Darin Bawden
>
>