On 5/2/11 1:46 PM, homerjones1941 wrote:

> Is it safe to assume that new versions of Firebird will be compatible with earlier databases? For example, will a DB created in 2.1 work when opened by a 2.5 engine? I am assuming there is no guarantee, but I didn't know if there was an attempt at backward compatibility.

There are decades of attempts to maintain such compatibility. No
guarantees but It is taken very seriously by the team.