Hi Helen,

> >Is there any way to get an ADO->ODBC connection to a FB database to work
> >while an old IB gds32.dll is in the Windows system directory?

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>
> Yes. Use the latest RC version and read the document
> README_library_install.txt in the /doc directory, as well as the release
> notes. It always amazes me that some of you people are trying to
> run beta
> software without keeping it up to date or bothering to read the
> documentation.

This *DOES NOT* help. I've read and understand the library installation
notes.

It always amazes me that some of you experts try to help without bothering
to understand the problem :)

The reason that this does not work is that the ADO->ODBC link always
defaults to using the Interbase gds32.dll in the Windows system directory
and *not* the Firebird gds32.dll in the application directory. This is
possibly due to the ADO->ODBC link going through an out-of-process COM
server.

> You might also consider checking with the firebird-odbc-devel list, as to
> whether the latest version of the driver actually does support
> fbclient.dll
> by name, if it is correctly located in the /bin directory.

That I will check.

Regards,

Jarrod Hollingworth
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