Subject Re: [firebird-support] Re: Backup format transportable?
Author Helen Borrie
At 09:06 AM 22/02/2005 +0000, you wrote:


>--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Helen Borrie <helebor@t...>
>wrote:
>
> > >I would like to know that if i create a backup using Firebird, will
>i be able
> > >to restore this again on Interbase?
> >
> > No. The on-disk structure version is too high for IB 6.5 - there
>are some
> > indexes in the system tables that IB 6.5 won't recognise.
>
>Is this also the case when you don't use the "special" features of
>Firebird? Or maybe the GBAK version of interbase will be able
>to backup a firebird database? (just thinking out loud)

All you can do is try...

./hb