Phil,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phil Shrimpton [mailto:phil@...]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 6:46 AM

...

> Is there an alternative?

David Jencks in the Firebird project has been working on a native Java
client (GDS32 written in Java) which allows connections directly to a
server (just like any other client).

If you have any questions you can post them to the Firebird-Devel list
(I'm not sure if David subscribes here).


Sean