At 10:19 PM 7/11/2004 -0600, you wrote:

>The JDBC specification includes a flag that indicates whether or not the
>registered driver is JDBC compliant. Jaybird, the firebird driver,
>indicates that it is not compliant by returning false to this inquiry.
>
> >From experience, I already know that it is sufficiently compliant for my
>needs. However, it makes autodetection of JDBC compliant drivers
>awkward when my preferred target will be firebird, and the Jaybird
>driver says it is non-compliant.
>
>Why is Jaybird reporting noncompliance?

I think it has to do with the fact that it costs some thousands of dollars
to apply for a compliance key. Jaybird of course is non-commercial...

For an exact answer, post your question to the firebird-java list.

./heLen