To get ole db providers for Interbase go to http://www.sibprovider.com
There you can find a very nice Interbase OLE DB provider and links to
others.

HTH,
Marcio Wesley Borges
SIBPROvider Author's
www.sibprovider.com
"Register SIBPROvider"

--- In ib-support@y..., Helen Borrie <helebor@d...> wrote:
> 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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