ha ha... it is not life dependent. I have extract the delphi5 demo
databse from disk. Still, using the Firebird server, i'm not able to
open them within D2007 demo projects.

As for database tool i'm using Firebid Maestro version 7.3. I'm not
able to truly open any D5 demo databases - i got bunch of dynamic sql
errors (two gdb database were available in d5: employee and mastsql).

Thanks for the info.

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--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Helen Borrie <helebor@...> wrote:
>
> At 11:14 AM 2/02/2008, you wrote:
> >Does it means that i have to install Interbase if i want to test the
> >D2007 db demo projects?
> >--------------------------------
>
> If it were me, and my life depended on being able to use those
databases with Firebird 2, I'd want to:
>
> 1) verify that the problem really *is* due to Codegear having
(finally) upgraded those databases to *their* ODS 11 (which is
incompatible with Firebird's). I don't think your EMS database tool
is the perfect one for this as it appears to be an out-of-date version
you are using.
>
> 2) if so, get a metadata extract of each of the affected databases
and then
>
> 3) create "empty" databases using those scripts in isql under
Firebird 2 and then
>
> 4) pump the data into the empty databases using your preferred
database tool
>
> Steps 1 and 2 and possibly 4 would require a running IB 7.x server -
the "developer" version that comes with RS 2007 should be good enough.
>
> Alternatively, if you still have the CDs for an older Delphi
version, you could pick up the databases off them. The "unknown" in
all that is whether, in their eventual efforts to upgrade those demo
databases, Codegear also altered the metadata and/or upgraded the demo
apps to use features available only in IB 7+.....
>
> You might want to wait a few days, in case someone reading this list
after the weekend has already converted the databases to a
Firebird-compatible ODS and offers to give you copies. *We* can't
offer to do it and make the databases available, for copyright reasons.
>
> ./heLen
>