Dear Helen,

Well, I'm certainly still curious to know whether you are getting restorable backups while omitting the -backup switch...if you do, then apparently (unbeknown to me) gbak will default to -backup if there is no mode switch.

After the sweep and backup, the backup file created definetly restores to create an operable DATABASENAME.FDB.

Admittedly, this is a "band-aid" solution and I need to look up the proper transaction control for

Inserting records

Thank you Helen,

Theodore



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