Unless you are using a program that uses Firebird
then you are stuck to which ever version it's
coded for. Like Spacial Audio SAM Broadcaster
version 3 is coded for Firebird 1.5, install 2.5
and it breaks with a "Ver" error. >.<

At 11:09 PM 5/2/2011, you wrote:

>
>
>
>
>--- In
><mailto:firebird-support%40yahoogroups.com>firebird-support@yahoogroups.com,
>"homerjones1941" <homer@...> 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.
> >
>
>Hi!
>
>There are known bugs handling ODS 10.1 with FB2+.
><http://tracker.firebirdsql.org/browse/CORE-2325>http://tracker.firebirdsql.org/browse/CORE-2325
>http://tracker.firebirdsql.org/browse/CORE-2649
>
>Also there is (are?) functionality lost whit newer firebird versions.
><http://tracker.firebirdsql.org/browse/CORE-3052>http://tracker.firebirdsql.org/browse/CORE-3052
>
>Maintaining compability is maybe preferred
>during developement, but is's lost, and no sign of keeping it... :(
>
>BTW I'm firebird fan, and despite of these (very
>minor) errors it's worth to use the latest
>versions of Firebird because the better
>performance, and the new language features.
>
>

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