On 24 Feb 2016 06:29:20 -0800, "[email protected] [firebird-support]" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Is there any difference between the database format of a 32bit Firebird > database vs a 64bit Firebird database?
Depends on the Firebird version. I believe in 2.0 or earlier there was a difference, but that is no longer the case > Is there any difference between a database format running on a windows > server vs one on a linux or mac server? Might depend on the endianness of the platform. > In other words: > Can you backup and restore between different 32/64 bit servers? > Can you backup and restore between windows/linux/mac? Yes you can. If you want to be really sure you should use the transportable backup format (which is the default, but it always helps to double check this, because I have seen some examples that set non-transportable (-NT) in the gbak commandline options). Mark
