> << Another interesting thing that they are saying is that IB 7 was able
> to restore many corrupted FB databases(?!). >>
>
> That probably relates specifically to the removal of validation on a default
> gbak restore.
> Previously it was possible to back up a database, only to find validation
> errors on the restore
> due to various problems. Using the "new" version of gbak under IB7.1 this is
> no longer an issue.

Good point.

Anyway, I don't think it is a good idea that this should be
the default behaviour, because one might think he has a
consistent database, when using an older gbak script without
specifying the new -validate switch. We all know, people
tend to not reading the release notes. ;-)


Thomas