Although Firebird itself doesn't support it you may want to look at an
ObjectRelationalMapping tool like Hibernate.

--- In Firebird-Architect@yahoogroups.com, "Ann W. Harrison"
<aharrison@i...> wrote:

> Jim,
>
> There's a concise, easy to follow description of
> OO extensions to SQL contained in the 7 Volume SQL-99
> standard. Most of the useful part is described in
> Volume 2, a convenient 1000 page volume.
>
> And the short answer, is no, the OO extensions are
> not part of Firebird 2.
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Ann