Many thanks for you help. Much appreciated.

David

> Fb 1.5 has ODS 10.1 (not 10.0 like IB 6 and Fb1.0) - the minor

difference

> could make a noticeable difference to performance. Indexes were

added to

> some system tables.
>
> I would take a gbak of the IB6 database, restore it (using Fb 1.5's

gbak,

> of course) using the -create option, and archive the IB6 database.
>
> /heLen