Problem:
When trying to access a database the error occurs:

  	database file appears corrupt (wrong type page)
  	page xxxx is of wrong type (expected x, found x)


Solution:
Corruption has most likely occurred in the database.  There are a few
options to try, but some data may be lost.  You can take steps to 
salvage the data (discussed later), but a fresh database will have 
to be made.  A gbak of the database is not sufficient in most cases, 
because suttle corruption can be propagated through a gbak backup 
and restore.

To remedy the corrupted database, one can either run gfix against the
database or copy the data to a new database.  Copy data table by table,
committing each, until all data has been copied.


Steps to fix database:
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    1) always work with a copy of the database in case further damage
         occurs. Working with a copy also gives you exclusive access
         which is required to perform the following operations:

    2) gfix -v -f database.gdb

    3) if previous step reports corruption: gfix -m -i database.gdb

    4) repeat step 2 to see if the corruption was fixed

Steps to salvage data
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    1) create a new database with the same metadata structure:

             A) gbak -m will backup only the metadata.  It can then
                  be restored to create a new database.

             B) isql -x -a will extract the metadata to a script file.
                   isql -i scriptfile will then create the new database.

    2) copy the data to the new database:

              A) Delphi's datapump can be used to copy data from all tables
         	 to a new database.

              B) use isql to perform a table by table copy of the data.