Thanks for reply!

I know that ODS changed in younger FB Versions, but I thought FB is able to open all older ODS versions ?!? Is there something special or any restriction for this fact concerning 32-bit and 64-bit?

Thanks,

Marco

--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Gordon Niessen <gordon@...> wrote:
>
> The ODS has change to support 64bit in later versions. So if you backup
> the database in 1.5, you can restore it to a 2.5 64bit and it will work
> correctly. Once restored it will work with both 32bit and 64bit systems.
>
> Gordon
>
> On 2/14/2011 7:07 AM, demigheldmarco wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I tried to open an old database created with FB 1.5 with FB 2.1.3
> > (x64) or FB 2.5.0 (x64) and failed. I get always error message:
> >
> > "Connetion failed
> > file c:\dba8964.fdb is not a valid database."
> >
> > If I install the x86/Win32 Version of those Firebird servers, opening
> > succeeded.
> >
> > I am able to provide the fdb file if needed!
> >
> > Thanks + regards,
> >
> > Marco Held
> >
> >
>
>
>
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