Steve Harp wrote:

>>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.
>
> Can you recommend a tool?

Try FBExport or FBCopy:

http://fbexport.sourceforge.net

> into Interbase or Firebird. From what I understand from Helen, it's
> not possible to connect to both Interbase and Firebird from the same
> application. Of course, I may have misunderstood what she wrote.

With FBExport you don't have to. Simply export all tables to .fbx files,
and then import them into Firebird database.

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