At 11:23 AM 30/05/2003 +1000, you wrote:

>I have been looking around for ODBC drivers for Firebird and i have come
>across three different ones so far but i am unsure about how
>compatible/usable these drivers are. Which is the recommended one for use
>with FB 1.02 at the moment below is a list of websites which i have found
>ODBC drivers
>
>http://www.xtgsystems.com/linux/ofbodbc/about.php

This is a current driver.

>http://www.mers.com/IB_0091.HTML

This discusses the old Visigenic drivers which are applicable to past
versions of Interbase (4 and 5) but not IB 6 or Firebird.

>http://www.ibphoenix.com/main.nfs?a=ibphoenix&page=ibp_60_odbc

This is a current driver.

A better place for you to look at the offerings (both open source and
commercial) is the relevant Downloads page at the IBPhoenix site -
http://www.ibphoenix.com/main.nfs?a=ibphoenix&page=ibp_int_comps
I doubt if you will arrive at a generic "best driver" for all
requirements. Most people seem to try them all and arrive at one that best
suits what they want to use it for.

heLen