[firebird-support] isql 2.5 with server 3

2018-04-30 Thread Hamish Moffatt ham...@risingsoftware.com [firebird-support]
I have a linux server with a local Firebird 2.5.8 server and utilities and the Firebird 3.0.1 client library. I need to connect to a remote Firebird 3 server as well as the local 2.5 server. isql can't connect to the 3 server. I always get $ isql-fb fb3server:db -user 123 -password 456

[firebird-support] gbak of encrypted database

2018-04-30 Thread Hamish Moffatt ham...@risingsoftware.com [firebird-support]
If a db is encrypted with Firebird 3 encryption, is a backup made with gbak also encrypted? https://www.firebirdsql.org/file/community/conference-2016/encrypting-firebird-databases.pdf implies you need to encrypt your backup afterwards so that means no. Will a restored db from that backup be