At 04:31 PM 9/02/2004 -0800, you wrote:

>The only thing I dont understand is that VB is a popular language.
>Interbase HAS to be popular out there especialy since it is fairly
>powerfull, flexible and FREE. The two have to meet somewhere, but
>everywhere I go its Delphi, C++, everything-but-vb, etc.

InterBase isn't free (unless you want to use a 3+ -year-old unsupported beta!)

Firebird is free. And, yes, it has a LOT of solid history with the Borland
development tools - there always was a free developer version of IB shipped
with the Enterprise editions. When Firebird was born, it brought a large,
established developer community with it.

You can hook up to Firebird via ODBC, too, which should put at least some
VB components at your disposal.

https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/firebird-odbc-devel

(and a number of third-party ODBC drivers)

Have you considered the Firebird .NET provider?

There are two forums you might be interested in:

http://www.yahoogroups.com/groups/firebird-VB

and

https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/firebird-net-provider

A PHP layer might be another option for you, too.

/heLen