> I have also tried the following using only firebird 2 gbak:
>
> $ /opt/firebird/bin/gbak FB_1.5.FDB -B BACKUP.FBK -user sysdba
> -password masterkey;
> $ /opt/firebird/bin/gbak BACKUP.FBK -C NEW_FB2.FDB -user sysdba
> -password masterkey;
>
> Then once logging onto NEW_FB2.FDB:
> using a table such as
> tbl(
> column1 varchar(255)
> column2 varchar(20)
> )
> create index BLAH on tbl(column1,column2)
>
> and got:
> Statement failed, SQLCODE = -607
> unsuccessful metadata update
> -key size exceeds implementation restriction for index "TEST"

Have you read about key size in the Release Notes?

Martijn Tonies
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