> I've already spent on this more than 20 hours of my time. I had no luck so > far. > > I just cannot restore the database using any of -FIX_FSS_DATA and > -FIX_FSS_METADATA even with WIN1250, ISO8859_1 and other values. > > I've prepared a test case just with one table, one column and one row - > just one database field with content from real database. I stripped the > real 10 GB database I have to just one field with real data and made a 14 > kB backup file. The content is - dummy content, then string "WAYPOINT´S" > and then again dummy content. I cannot restore this simple one-field > database under Firebird 2.5 but I can restore it under Firebird 2.0. If you > can restore it under 2.5, let me know how you did that. If you cannot, I > will tell you how I correctly got this unrestorable content into the > database.
What character set has your Firebird 2.0 database and what client character set did you use for connecting when inserting the content? -- With regards, Thomas Steinmaurer http://www.upscene.com/