Hi

You don't connect to backups (.fbk files). A backup is a compacted,
transportable version of the database. To access the data stored in a
backup you need to restore the backup using gbak -r. This creates a
'new' database with the structure and data stored in your backup.

Hope that clarifies things.

Rob Martin
Software Engineer

phone +64 03 377 0495
fax +64 03 377 0496
web www.chreos.com

Wild Software Ltd



gstv_m wrote:

> Yes, I get the error message when I try to connect to the fbk file.
>
> I try to connect in two ways (to the fbk file):
>
> 1. I rename the file changing its extension to fdb and try to open it
> using IB_SQL.EXE.
>
> 2. I rename the file changing its extension to fdb and try to open it
> using Delphi, with a TIBDataBase component using the same code I
> always use to open the original database.
>
> In both cases I get the error "... is not a valid database".
>
>
>
> --- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Alexandre Benson Smith
> <iblist@...> wrote:
>
>> Gustavo wrote:
>>
>>> Till a few months ago I used FireBird 1.5 and this worked fine.
>>>
> But since I installed FireBird 2.0 this doesn´t work anymore. When
> this code executes, I don´t get any error, and it generates a .fbk
> file. But when I try to connect to it I get a message saying "... is
> not a valid database".
>
>>>
>>>
>> What did you mean by "when I try to connect to it I get a message
>>
> saying
>
>> "... is not a valid database"" ?
>>
>> When you try to connect to the fbk file ???
>>
>>
>>> Gustavo
>>>
>>>
>> see you !
>>
>> --
>> Alexandre Benson Smith
>> Development
>> THOR Software e Comercial Ltda
>> Santo Andre - Sao Paulo - Brazil
>> www.thorsoftware.com.br
>>
>>
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