Hi,

We need to be able to backup our FireBird databases from any computer in the
local network, and not just from the box, where FireBird is running.
This has to be done by our software, and running gbak in background is
the least acceptable way to do that.

I noticed, that if I do backup via FireBird Service API, then the
backup file is always stored on the server. Is there any way to store
the backup on the client, when backing up database from the client via
Service API?

On the other hand, gbak can backup database and store backup file on
the client side. Is there any way I could access such functionality
via FireBird API?

Currently, we have our own middle-tier server running on the same box
as FireBird, but we need to be able to run them on different
computers.

In addition to that, is there any way to make FireBird send backup
data to the client (over the wire), instead saving it in a file (we
would prefer not to have important data in temporary files which
others can read)?

Thanks,
Dr Valentin Samko