>I have settled on ditching IB - thanks for all your help - but I have
>to give fast results - in minimum time and after 5 years with IB -
>and all the tools and selling I have done - that's it - no more - my
>credibility is shot - my customers blame me/my company for poor db
>response - not IB or MS SQL.
>
>I am using the BDE, so will transfer all the data, rework the
>generator stuff and re-write the db procedures.
>
>Helen, I respect and thank you for your fine efforts to all IB users -
>but this has got too much - I need fast replies from my db - and I
>can see much better options without IB - sorry.

Sad to hear this, John. Many people have been in a similar situation to you
and I guess you're not the first to decide upon ditching IB. Still, I am
somewhat surprised that you drop IB before you drop the BDE! I've never
tried using IB with the BDE, but have heard about others being troubled
with it (e.g. Lester I think). I'm using IB with IBO and it works just
great! No doubt does IB have quirks and is apparently the guilty party of
your particular problem, but your experience is only using the worst known
frontend (well, I don't know about that many) against the engine.

IBO lets you create your programs quickly and then you can use some of the
time you save to write stored procedures to cover for IB's weaknesses. So
I'll advice you to give IB yet another shot, but with a front end that works.

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