>> > Firebird 1.5.2
>> >
>> > when I do a database restore all my generator values are set to
>> > 18267668493213428
>> > Any idea why?
>>
>> It only does this when I do a "metadata only" backup and restore.
>
>
> What page size are you restoring to? And how many generators do you have?
> In early versions of IB there was an issue that if you had more Generators
> than would fit on a Page either something like that happened or the db got
> corrupted (I forget which)

page size varies between 4K and 8K with on average 32 Generators.