Subject RE: [firebird-support] Converting Interbase Database to Firebird
Author Leyne, Sean
Steve,

> I need to convert an Interbase v7.1 database to Firebird v1.52. I did
> a backup (gbak) of the IB database using IB and restored it using FB
> using the same user needed to run the application. Is there anything
> else I need to do?

I would urge you to use a different approach.

Although the database backup files are compatible, and as such gbak
doesn't report an error, there are difference between IB (especially IB
v6.5+) and FB which make using backup/restore ill-advised.

I would have you extract the database metadata to a script, use the
script to generate an empty FB database and then use a datapump tool
(there are a number of free tools available) to move the data from IB to
FB.


Sean