Subject Re: [firebird-support] How to convert a database version 2 to 1.5
Author Lester Caine
lmmolinero wrote:
> Does anyone know how to convert a database version 2 to old version 1.5?
> I tried to backup in Firebird 2 and then restore in Firebird 1.5, but I got the error message Expected backup version 1, 2 or 3. Found 7.

Use the copy of gbak from 1.5 to back up the fb2 database. I keep a gbak15 in my
fb2 setup just in case I need to drop stuff back.

This backwards compatibility path is broken in Fb2.5 so it may be lost in the
future, which is something of a potential problem.

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