>
> I'd still go with the McDonald theory of it taking a monumental age to
> query the system tables on connection to update the client's metadata

cache

> for 3200 tables. With indexes on the system tables, *that* step should be
> faster in 1.5, but it still will be a long pause on connection.
>

I'll try with FB 1.5 on the same hardware.
If someone is interested on result, i'll post them.

thanks

Paolo