Hello:

>i am using the .Net container for firebird (version 1.0)
>

Are you using the v1.0 of the .NET Provider ????? That is too old yet,
give a try with the 1.6:

http://www.firebirdsql.org/index.php?op=files&id=netprovider

(if you are using .NET 1.0 you will need to get the sources and build it
using
nant (nant.sourceforge.net) but it's easy.




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Best regards

Carlos Guzmán Álvarez
Vigo-Spain