Subject Re: [firebird-support] The best way to copy a Database File...
Author Don Gollahon
""Luis Alberto Villarreal Ontiveros"" <luis@...> wrote in message
news:<000101c415c3$eb81b9d0$19591fac@DDA>...
> I've a FireBird Database running on a Windows Server, I would like to
> get a copy of this DataBase File and install in my Development
> machine, how can I do this without shout down the server? (transfer
> all metadata and data), do you know a tool to make this kind of task
> including a database comparation?

Use backup/restore. IBOConsole can do this.

http://www.mengoni.it/

Or read up on the Gbak utility that comes with Firebird.

>
> TIA
>
> Luis Villarreal
>
>


Don Gollahon
gollahon@...
"The Original GenSoft Prodigal"