It seems as if you are attempting to downgrade a database - at least, that's what my Google-fu turns up - but I don't have a very high Google-fu rating! ;-)
There's a tracker on this very matter at http://tracker.firebirdsql.org/browse/CORE-2949. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: 27a Lidget Hill Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7LG Company Number: 05132767