Hi David,

To be honest, your question will probably be answered quicker by
asking the ISP (or whoever is hosting the file) for a method of
achieving that.

I don't imagine it would be too hard for them to write a php / asp
script that backs up the database into a folder you can access through
ftp. It may be even simpler. Perhaps all you need is for them to
schedule gbak to run once a day, and to save the backup file into a
path you can access through ftp, or automatically email it to you.

If they had port 3050 open, then you could potentially use IBOConsole,
or even gbak, but I would have a problem with allowing the internet
access to my firebird ports. Perhaps if the above suggestions are not
possible, and you have a fixed IP address they could open the port
based to you only.

Adam


--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "davidallan99" <david@l...>
wrote:

>
> Hello
>
> I have a FB 1.5 db running on a remote web server. How would I back
> this up to my own local machine, bearing in mind that I do not own the
> web server. Can I use IBOConsole to do this? If so, how?
>
> Thanks for any help
>
> David