Jonathan,

>>(it
>>was a client problem, so maybe you can try - at your own risk - to use fb
>>client 1.5 with 1.0 server, since the client should be backward compatible).
>>

JN> I'm not prepared to take the risk.

FWIW, I have been using fbembed.dll from Firebird 1.5 as a client to
IB 5.6 for some time now without major problems.

Ciao
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