At 11:00 PM 04-06-01 +0000, you wrote:

>Hello all,
>
>we will be porting our VB/Access application to VB/SQL Server and I
>thought it will be a nice opportunity to try to concurrently develop
>an InterBase port as well. I worked with InterBase 5.1 about 4 years
>ago and would like to try the newest FireBird engine.
>
>Some questions pop up right away:
>- where can I download the latest tested executables for Windows
>platform? Please provide a direct URL

http://ibinstall.defined.net and go to the Firebird page.

>- Would the server part run on NT workstation? (I don't think I can
>install IB on the development server yet - until I prove the
>feasibility of developing two ports simultaneously)

Yes. Works fine under development conditions, both locally and TCP/IP local loopback (preferred).

>- Where can I get an OLEDB provider for InterBase/FireBird? In case
>such a beast doesn't exist, did anyone run any speed tests on existing
>ODBC drivers? (though I would hate using OLEDB provider for ODBC
>riding on top of an ODBC driver - sounds too messy)

http://www.lcpi.lipetsk.ru/prog/eng/index.html for IBProvider

http://www.interbase2000.org/tools_conn.htm for other OLE-DB options,
http://www.interbase2000.org/tools_dbdrivers.htm for ODBC drivers (there are several).

Cheers,
Helen

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