>> >> Below that level only bytes are shifted over the wire.
>> > I was talking not about wire protocol, but about Jaybird working
>> via
>> > FBClient.dll
>>
>> Jaybird uses its own implementation (in Java) of the wire protocol,
>> unless
>> users explicitly specify native as the protocol.
>>
>
> ...or unless they use FB Embedded.
>
> Until that mode is prohibited, it also is to be considered.

Sorry, can you explain the issue that you have with FB embedded or
fbclient mode in Jaybird? They are equivalent to the wire protocol and
there is no translation there (ok, FB embedded will do what is set in
DPB itself, but then it does not differ from FB server).

Roman