> Thank you, Norm. I read about the versions supported and I know I could run > some tests with the trial, but I didn't want to risk damaging the production > database. Although I could run the backup tests on a copy of the database, I > considered important to hear other people experiences (good or bad) with the > tool. I feared it could work fine with a copy of the database when only two > people are connected but fail or even damage the database with hundreds of > connections opened. > > I think I will stick with gbak for the moment.
I don't know the tool, but my guess is it uses either gbak or the Firebird Services API behind the scene. So, possibly it's "just" a convenient and easy-to-use wrapper around already existing pure Firebird backup technologies. Just a thought. -- With regards, Thomas Steinmaurer http://www.upscene.com/
