Hi,
we are using Firebird 1.5 with SQL-Dialect 1.
We have several thousand databases at our customers.

Do we have any advantage upgrading to Firebird 2.1 using SQl-Dialect 1?
Do we have better performance?
can we use any new Feature of 2.1?
Can we use Monitoring tables in Dialect 1?
Can we upgrade databases in a backup/restore cycle?
Is datatype timestamp available in Dialect 1?
Other Advantages/disadvantages?


Regards
Falko