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Fri, Feb 27 2009 2:53 AM	Permanent Link
"Hedley Muscroft"	Just wondering what the resulting file format is when using BACKUP DATABASE? Is it a standard ZIP or RAR file for example, or is it a proprietary format? Thanks.
Fri, Feb 27 2009 8:14 AM	Permanent Link
Tim Young [Elevate Software] Elevate Software, Inc. timyoung@elevatesoft.com	Hedley, << Just wondering what the resulting file format is when using BACKUP DATABASE? Is it a standard ZIP or RAR file for example, or is it a proprietary format? >> It's proprietary, but it uses ZLib for the compression. -- Tim Young Elevate Software www.elevatesoft.com
Fri, Feb 27 2009 11:51 AM	Permanent Link
"Hedley Muscroft"	Thanks Tim. (I was just asking in case it might be possible to inspect the contents of a backup file ourselves.)
Fri, Feb 27 2009 12:06 PM	Permanent Link
Tim Young [Elevate Software] Elevate Software, Inc. timyoung@elevatesoft.com	Hedley, << (I was just asking in case it might be possible to inspect the contents of a backup file ourselves.) >> There is some code in the edblocal.pas unit that shows you how to read the backups, if you're interested. -- Tim Young Elevate Software www.elevatesoft.com