Paul,

> 3) Grab the CVS tree for FB, and roll your own binary, this is not
> for the faint of heart though, from what I understand it's a complex
> beast to compile.

Actually, there was been a **lot** of work which has been done to
significantly improve the Firebird compile process.

The original Interbase compile was a real nightmare! So much so, that I
don't think that anybody (expect for Borland) can compile their sources
(which are available on SourceForge).


Sean