Hi Dalton,

> > > What is the best maintenance utility for Firebird that supports the
> > > larger block sizes when creating/restoring a database?
> >
> > ?
>
> I guess I was not clear enough with the question.
> :)
>
> I tried to use IB_SQL from Jason Whartons site, and it only creates

databases

> of 1K and dialect 1.
> I tried the latest IBConsole and it only produces 8K pages.
> What I would like to do is have a tool that will produce Dialect 3

databases

> with 16K page size and that also allows me to perform backups and restores
> with the larger page size. (Hopefully a linux program, but I will run

windows

> if that is all I have available)

Perhaps you could give InterBase Workbench a try - it creates databases with
a
16Kb page size in dialect 3 without problems. See www.upscene.com for
details.

Martijn Tonies
InterBase Workbench - the developer tool for InterBase and Firebird
http://www.interbaseworkbench.com

Upscene Productions
http://www.upscene.com

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