Thanks for the reply.

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>> I was wondering if it was possible to do a backup of a Firebird
>> database and create a backup which can be connected to without
>> requiring a restore?
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> A "backed up database" is not a database. You _have_ to restore
> it to make it into a database.

I knew this. Maybe I shouldn't have used the word backup when
explaining my situation. I am essentially wanting to copy a database,
delete some records and then create a backup of it. I was wondering
whether I could do this while there was an active connection to said
database?

Cheers,
Diego

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>> I am currently able to do a backup using the services components (in
>> Delphi 7), but (of course) I can't use the created backup file.
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>> The reason I want to do this is because I really want to do a backup
>> but delete a whole bunch of records prior to getting my final backup
>> file. Do the deletion on the backup but keep them in the existing
>> database being used by the application.
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>> Any help or tips would be appreciated.
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