> I am deciding if I wish to convert my c/s development from Interbase
> Open Source to Firebird.
>
> One of the questions that I wish to ask is can the IB Express
> components be used to access Firebird? Or IB Objects? Which component
> sets would be better, or easier to use?
>
> Anyone with any experience to share?
>
> Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thank you.

If you are going to stay with FireBird, then I would suggest that you switch
to using IBO instead of IBX. While IBX, at present, seems to work with
FireBird, the rules are constantly changing and it will probably be
incompatible in the near future. Jeff Overcash has stated emphatically that
no modifications will be made to IBX to make if work with FB. Jason Wharton,
author of IBO, has made it plain that he will continue to try to stay
compatible with both. I strictly use IBX and IB so I can't comment further
on IBO's usability but from everything I hear, you shouldn't have any
problems going that route.

HTH

Woody (TMW)

"Never trust a computer you can't throw out a window."
-Steve Wozniak