Hi,

> > It's really a undesirable coincidence, even the backup file extension
> > it's equal: http://www.fileformat.info/ext/f.htm
>
> I agree that it is. But, Navision seem to have been using the
> extensions prior to Firebird. And, that doesn't mean that we have to
> change, because there are already a lot of applications that use the
> same extension.
>
> > Some info about Navision Attain SQL Server:
> > http://www.accountingsoftwareadvisor.com/navision/techattain.htm
>
> And, here's even more:
> http://www.accountingsoftwareadvisor.com/navision/tourattain.htm
>
> The Navision Attain SQL Server is based on C/SIDE database, which by
> the brief functional description, works in a similar way as Firebird.
> But, C/SIDE has been in existence since before 1996(which is the
> earliest date that I found in the article above) and it was working
> like that since then, at least.

Download the demodatabase:

http://www.oes.dk/sw16301.asp

and you'll see it's not a firebird databasefile :)

Regards,
Arno Brinkman
ABVisie

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