> Hi,
>
> Please help me with my backup problem. I have a Database with a 92.2MB
> file size and I want to backup it but unfornately the process was
> terminated with an error message:
>
> "Unsuccessful execution caused by system error that does not preclude
> successful execution of subsequent statements. message length error
> (encountered 172, expected 168) gds_$receive failed."
>
> I'm using the following:
> 1. IBExpert Backup service
> 2. Firebird 1.5
> 3. RedHat Linux 9 for the database server
> 4. Windows XP as the client
>
> NOTE:I'm running the backup process at the client station (Windows XP).
> And the database is still usable and accessible only that I can't
> succesfully perform a backup.

I wonder about a licent library mismatch. You can specifiy the client lib to
use for a connection with IBExpert, please check it.
Also, please check that you can successfully backup the database on the
server i.e. not from a client. use gbak
Alan