--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Alan McDonald" <alan@m...>
wrote:

> > There are two diffrent programs each with it's own DB.
> > Also, both DBs are on the same machine, so I need to copy DB to

DB

> > (not server to server).
>
> I have to ask again - sorry,
> Is there a reason these databases aren't one database?
> I get the whiff of someone from desktop database environment

thinking too

> much along the lines that applications must have there own set of

data...

>
> If you are copying data from one file to another, then there is

commonality

> between the data structures, types and use...
> In the world of SQL, when such commonality exists, the trick is to

house the

> data (normalised) in one database file - not many searate files..

Maybe

> start thinking for a minute along these lines. Just a thought
> Alan

The other DB is of a 3rd party program :_(