thanks Alexandre,
now i feel a lot better about upgrading our customer databases.

But i have another question:
do your prefer backup/restore using gbak tool or do you use the
services api. if latter: which components do you use. IBOAdmin?
ibscript.dll ...?

falko :-)

--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "amoradell" <amoradell@...>
wrote:

>
> Falko,
>
> Yes, it's safe to backup ib56 databases with fb15 and after restore
> them with fb15.
>
> I have done it with several hundred and it works fine.
> I stay with the same dialect (1).
>
> To reuse a database with ib56 from fb15, you have to use the old gbak
> with fb15 running and restore with this old gbak with ib56 running.
> ib56 cant open an ods 10 database.
>
> For the installation, try with a pc with ib56 installed because
> firebird setup watches registry entry from interbase and stop if it
> finds one.
> we had to desinstall interbase or "hide" registry entry.
>
> Alexandre
>
> --- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "bausufm" <bausufm@>
> wrote:
> >
> > --- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Helen Borrie <helebor@>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > At 05:38 PM 18/06/2007, Paul Hope wrote:
> > > >I had been told some time ago that to go from IB5.6 to FB 1.5 I
> must
> > > >
> > > >Backup under IB5.6
> > > >Restore to FB 1.03
> > > >Backup under FB1.03
> > > >Restore to FB 1.5
> > > >
> > > >Is this correct?
> > >
> > > Correct? Shouldn't be.
> > >
> > > Fb 1.5 shouldn't have any trouble restoring from a gbak file
> created
> > > on IB 5.6. Can you describe the problems you have encountered?
> > >
> > > The main concern with IB 5.6 databases will be the
> > > dialect. Presumably, if your customer has instructed you to
> upgrade
> > > to Firebird 1.5, they want you to be able take advantage of the
> > > language enhancements and newer data types...
> > >
> > > ./heLen
> > >
> >
> > Hi Helen,
> > 1) we have to upgrade all our customer databases from ib56 to fb15
> > dialect 1 (dialect 3 will be a step in the future).
> > 2) we don't want to have ib56 and fb15 running at the same time.
> > 3) we cannot ensure that our customers backup all their databases
> > (>100) with ib56 before upgrading to fb15.
> >
> > ->my solution: backup the old (ODS9.1) databases with fb15 and
> > restoring them to get the new ODS.
> > i tested it with several databases. they were all fine as far as i
> can
> > see.
> > -> my question: is it really save? what can go wrong?
> >
> > Falko
> >
>