> I am not overly confident that this tag is the answer so, when
> restoring the database file, the program checks all table names in the
> current database against the table names in the backup file selected
> to restore. If there is a discrepancy, the program will not use the
> selected restore file to write over the existing database file.

> I am still not confident that this is the answer - as the same
> database tables are used in different versions of the program. If a
> user is using an updated version there is the probability that some
> backup files for the earlier version are on the drive.

> My question is; is there a way in which I can interrogate the files so
> that I can determine that the restore file database format is
> identical to the existing database file.