Ah, good to hear that from the original source. Then I suppose Firebird
0.9-4 comes with the full installation kit, and only unfinished versions
which are released as snapshots need registry tweaking. If that's the case,
the next installation of any soft that I'll do on my computer is Firebird
:-)

To confirm that reading can be hazardous to one's health. I just read in the
IB API guide:
" On UNIX platforms, use the C calling conventions (cdecl) in all cases.
On Windows 95 and Windows NT, use the standard calling conventions
(_stdcall) for all functions that have a fixed number of arguments. There
are only three functions that have a variable number of arguments. For these
three-isc_start_transaction(), isc_expand_dpb(), and isc_event_block()-use
the cdecl conventions."
This is where newbies like me become lost ;-)

Regards and thanx to all

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Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 20:21:55 +1000
From: Helen Borrie <helebor@...>
Subject: Re: Re: SQL questions

>I trust the correction of the function declaration was made in firebird.
>Although I am very tempted to use firebird, I read a lot about installation
>problems such as having to enter registry values manually. Any truth on

this

>bit?

I think I caused that rumour to start. *IF* you use Dave Robinson's pukka
installation kid (ibwin32f.zip from the SF site or Dave's ibinstall site)
you won't have these problems. The problems currently apply when people
download the snapshot builds from SF, because they don't come with an
installation program.




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