Hi

> If a older database (Interbase 5.6) has invalid columns or table names as

in MONTH and TYPE in the database, why does FireBird allow the database to
be RESTORED without ANY errors and a database VALIDATION comes back with NO
errors ??

> Does the system not suppose to stop a invalid database to be restored ??

There are NO invalid table names. You can use any reserved word as table
name, if you quote them correctly. One of my queries is:

select * from "PAGES"

cu
Steffen