> No it was not copied from Linux, but after second thought I'm pretty
> sure they were running it on Firebird 1.0 and I have the 1.5 installed on

my

> machine. But should this be a problem for me? I mean isn't 1.5 fully
> compatible with 1.0?

Firebird 1.5 should be able to open Firebird 1.0 databases.

> Anyway, I will try to install 1.0 on another machine (I do not want to
> create any kind of conflict between 1.0 and 1.5 on my machine) and try
> opening the file.
>
> I assume this has nothing to do with corruption...

It can be a corrupted database.

Are you sure you didn't get a backup which needs to be restored first?

> > I received a Firebird database from a client and tried to open it

both

> > in IBExpert and Database workbench, in both cases I got the message
> > "Connection authorization failure. D:\myDatabse.fdb is not a valid
> database"
> >
> > Does this mean the database is damaged, if not what could be the
> > problem, of course I have their adminstrator password, if there was a
> login
> > problem, would this message appear?
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any help
>
> Was it copied from Linux?
>
> What version of Firebird were the running?

With regards,

Martijn Tonies
Database Workbench - tool for InterBase, Firebird, MySQL, Oracle & MS SQL
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