Thanks for the reply, Elmar :)

I located and downloaded an OLEDB provider for IB5/6 and FB1.0+,
ibole.dll
from ZStyle. We are evaluating its benefits presently.


Your question on ADO has given rise to another question:

We are using Delphi as a front-end. From within Delphi it's
probably
advisable to use the native dbExpress/BDE drivers for Interbase
which should
give at least a marginally better performance. However I guess
ADO is more
established as middleware than the BDE. If this assumption is
fundamentally
wrong (that ADO is more widely accepted and supported than BDE)
let me know,
so I shall look at the BDE from that angle.



Anand
Mumbai





--------- Original Message --------------
Message: 16
Date: Thu, 06 May 2004 08:44:02 +0200
From: Elmar Haneke <elmar@...>
Subject: Re: OLEDB Provider for Firebird

> I need to find an OLEDB provider for Firebird. Can anyone

help?

> Ideally a freeware, but a payware with a demo will also do.

We are

> trying to convert our Delphi app to use ADO for database
> connectivity, and this is the first hurdle we have faced.

Search for Interbase OLEDB drivers, IBPhoenix does list some
drivers
on their site.

Are you shure to use ADO at all? There are native Tools to
access
Interbase/Firebird form Delphi, that should result in better
performance.

> If a provider ships with Delphi 7 and works with IB6.0,

probably it

> would also work with FB1.5?

It should work with firebird too.

Elmar
-------- Original Message Ends ------------






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