| Subject | Re: [firebird-support] Error that does not make sense. gbak 2.5 to 2.1 |
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| Author | Helen Borrie |
| Post date | 2011-01-01T03:00:19Z |
At 01:07 PM 1/01/2011, you wrote:
But why couldn't you just make a new backup of the v.2.1 database directly, under the v.2.1 server, and restore that?
The other alternative would be to restore it on a Windows or Linux 2.5 server and pump the data from that server to an empty database running on a 2.1 server.
./hb
>I'm trying to restore a database from a backup made in 2.5 to a database version 2.1. This is a Mac (10.5.x) so I can't install 2.5.Probably wrong params in the error message, due to a wrong firebird.msg.
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>ERROR: Expected backup version 1..8. Found 8
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>If it is expecting up to 8 and found 8, what is the problem??
>Is the only solution to do that backup with a 2.1 gbak on the 2.5 server? (like the old 1.5 gbak trick)You could try that, to see whether it works for you. It's not a guaranteed solution, more of a "happy accident" if it does work.
But why couldn't you just make a new backup of the v.2.1 database directly, under the v.2.1 server, and restore that?
The other alternative would be to restore it on a Windows or Linux 2.5 server and pump the data from that server to an empty database running on a 2.1 server.
./hb