Yes, it can be done, but the database must be marked as readonly. You
can do this with gfix and "-mode read_only".

I suggest you to take a look in the new embedded server. Its awesome
for this kind of tasks (CDROM catalogs, etc.)

Carlos
http://www.warmboot.com.br
FireBase - http://www.FireBase.com.br

k> I've searched and searched... I have a need to access a .fdb on a
k> CDROM. I'm using Delphi6 via DBExpress, but I can't even get isql to
k> connect to the database. Can it be done? If so, how?

k> Thanks
k> Kendall Sears