The speed difference is still quite amazing - literally 5 seconds to
approximately 5 minutes! I understand that moving from IB to Firebird 1.03
shouldn't require any real changes in front end connections - they have the
same ods, api etc for components to talk to?

Thanks,

Peter Lee

At 14/10/2003, you wrote:

> >
> > > Thanks for the info - just to do some comparisons, how do you turn forced
> > > writes off?
> >
> >Use gfix or Service API (probably better if you create the database in
> >application).
>
>Be careful about turning forced writes off. If you are using a Microsoft
>OS, I would not recommend it at all - it can lead (quickly) to database
>corruption and hence to an unrecoverable database. In my experience, it has
>been better to bite the bullet and leave forced writes on.
>
>Regards
>
>Tim Ledgerwood
>
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