> > > and you know it's been like that for a long long time. Even
> when I used
> > > external tables in version 4, I had this problem. I always had
> > to place the
> > > external file BEFORE I restored. And yes it was OK for WIN to
> > WIN resotre
> > > but would never have worked for WIN to Linux or versa. You need
> > to disengage
> > > the external table first, before backup.
> > > Alan
> > >
> >
> > Aren't there any switch to gbak to NOT process external files during
> > restore ?
> >
> >
> > Regards
> > Boguslaw Brandys
>
> only to incorporate them into the backup as if they are internal tables
> Alan
>
>
> Hi
>
> We help ourselves by setting the field rdb$relations.rdb$external_file to
> blank
>
> Regards
> Bogdan