> I recommend you do the following:
>
> 1. Extract your FB 2 meta data
> 2. Create a new FB 1.5 DB using that SQL script
> 3. Use IBPUMP to pump your data from FB2 to FB3

Thanks, Lou. The following post by Ann Harrison gave me the idea that
this should be possible using gbak.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/firebird-support/message/70078

So I thought all I needed was a trick or command-line switch.

Best Regards,

-Benton

>
> You can get IBPUMP from www.clevercomponents.com
>
>
> You will probably need 2 servers unless you have FB2 running on same
> box as FB 1.5, though I am not sure IBPUMP will work as I have never
> tried it with 2 different db servers running on same box.
>
> In general, IIRC GBAK is not forward compatible and since FB2 is
> beta you should really not be using it in production were the data is
> important.
>
> ANyway, hopefully this helps.
>
> - Lou
>
> --- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "dr_bentonquest"
> <bentonquest@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi there,
> >
> > I have a database backup file from a FB 2.0 server (Beta 1). Nothing
> > specific to FB 2.0 in the database.
> >
> > When I try to restore the backup in a FB 1.5.3 server, gbak complains:
> >
> > Expected backup version 1, 2, or 3. Found 7
> >
> > Any workaraounds?
> >
> > Best Regards,
> >
> > -Benton
> >
>