> For Alan McDonald's benefit, the reason I mentioned a Dialect 1 database
> and ODS issues is that dbs built with (or restored under) Fb 1.5 have
> indexes on system tables. I can't imagine why Alan thinks this issue has
> anything to do with "connecting"...
>

mainly because you said
"That's without going into
the possibilities in the cases where old databases have been hooked up to
new server versions... (dialect differences, ODS differences...)"

what's a dialect difference? difference between what?

Alan