At 06:06 PM 12/01/2004 +0800, you wrote:

>What I mean by
>"Could this be not take to long?" is having
>using
>method A
>ib_query.post;
>ib_transaction.commit;
>ib_transaction.start;
>ib_query.open;
>
>vs
>method B
>ib_query.post;
>ib_transaction.commitretainning;
>
>May I know your opinion concerning method A and B?

I would never use B.

>Thanks for you additional note on the things happening when Delphi has
>to do the commit when the application closes. I greatly appreciate it.

Don't take this answer as an invitation to ask Delphi/IBO questions in this
list. You have strayed a long way off your thread.

/hb