Leyne, Sean wrote:

> ...
> The FBK is the most compressed natural representation of a database that
> can be made -- containing none of the overhead that is required for an
> operational database (Indexes data, RDB$Pages table, record and page
> headers).
> ...

Field contents in the database are compressed, will data in the
backup file also be compressed?
I have seen databases where the fbk is just slightly smaller than the fdb.

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Aage J.